Senate Energy Bill Set Back by GOP Infighting on Climate Measure

Senate leaders are poised to yank a bipartisan energy bill from the chamber’s floor after it became enmeshed in a behind-the-scenes climate change fight that pitted Republicans against each other and the White House.

The 600-page legislation, which contains a hodge podge of measures designed to spur energy storage technology as well as nuclear and renewable power, stalled after a revolt over the exclusion of an amendment to phase out the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons, a potent greenhouse gas used in air conditioning and refrigeration systems.

A typically routine procedural vote to shut off debate on the bill failed ...