Sens. Kerry, Graham and Lieberman plan to meet Monday after talking about the issue over the weekend.

* East Coast governors want Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to approve the Cape Wind project

Salazar plans to make a final decision this month about whether to allow the controversial offshore wind project – slated for Nantucket Sound off the Massachusetts coast – to proceed.

“The governors of six East Coast states called on Mr. Salazar last week to approve the project, which is proposed by Cape Wind Associates and would be the nation’s first offshore wind farm. Turning it down, they said, especially on the grounds that it would harm the view from historic sites, ‘would establish a precedent that would make it difficult, if not impossible, to site offshore wind projects anywhere along the Eastern Seaboard,’” the New York Times reports.

Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) came to the Earth Day Network event, but no senators.

Over on our main site, Ian Swanson reports that the Obama administration is claiming it wants to pursue both climate change and immigration legislation. White House economic adviser Larry Summers said Sunday that there is "no either/or" between the two issues, which are "both important."

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) threatened to abandon his work out of fury that Democratic leaders may take up immigration legislation first.

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who is crafting the bill with Graham and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), announced a temporary postponement.

The senator's declaration could halt or unravel the months-long effort to craft a compromise climate measure.

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is continuing to dispute suggestions that immigration reform legislation will delay his bill.

A Senate hearing next Tuesday on coal mining safety will also explore workplace hazards more broadly.

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