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By Snow, Nick While at their 2008 national convention in Denver, Democrats presented a campaign platform that included an immediate rebate for consumers confronting high gasoline prices and billions of dollars in investments to "establish a green energy sector that will create up to 5 million new jobs." In the New American Energy plank of the platform's first part, "Renewing the American Dream," it said: "We know we can't drill our way to energy independence and so we must summon all of our...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Energy Security Leadership Council (ESLC), a project of Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), today released A National Strategy for Energy Security, a comprehensive plan that offers the public and policymakers specific solutions to the very real threats posed by our nation's dependence on oil. The National Strategy lays out a pathway toward a long-term goal of an electrified transportation system that is no longer dependent on oil,...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Roxanna Smith, +1-415-453-0430, for Consumer Federation of America Issues New Report In Advance of Senate Energy Summit WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, as the U.S. Senate rushes to appease consumer anger over gas prices, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released an analysis of the policies being put forward to solve the nations oil problem and finds that fuel economy, conservation, and alternative fuels deliver over 50 times as...
By Snow, Nick Bipartisan groups of US Senate and House members offered new energy proposals as Democratic and Republican leaders continued to trade potshots while a 5-week congressional recess began. Politically centrist Senators calling themselves "The Gang of 10" unveiled a proposal Aug. 1 that combines responsible, targeted increases in domestic oil and gas production with an intensified effort to move vehicles to nonpetroleum alternatives and a strong federal conservation and energy...
By Dairy Today editors The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denied a request submitted by the State of Texas to reduce the nationwide Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). As a result, the required total volume of renewable fuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, mandated by law to be blended into the fuel supply will remain at 9 billion gallons in 2008 and 11.1 billion gallons in 2009. "After reviewing the facts, it was clear this request did not meet the criteria in the law," said EPA...
By Dennison, Mike HELENA - Led off by Montana Rep. Denny Rehberg, a quartet of Republicans this week used a nationally broadcast congressional debate to push an energy bill that includes drilling for more oil in Alaska and domestic offshore sites. "We can do it all: traditional fossil fuels, oil, gas, coal, renewable energy, conservation and efficiency," Rehberg said at the Monday debate in New Orleans. "Americans are demanding solutions." Yet their Democratic counterparts said Republicans...
America runs on oil. The internal combustion engine using fossil fuel is the predominant form of mechanized transport in America. Until these vehicles are converted to other forms of energy, or need replacing, we are stuck on fossil fuels. Our nation lacks the infrastructure to change to alternative sources of energy rapidly. Attempts at switching to alternative sources of energy have not worked well or have encountered problems. This can be noted in ethanol production. The energy...
We aren't naive. We realize that oil, natural gas and coal will be major sources of energy for at least two decades to come, barring a technological miracle. And that may mean that some new offshore drilling might be necessary, as President Bush said the other week when calling for lifting a ban on such activity off the West and East coasts. Meanwhile, the major-party presidential candidates have shown how wedded they are to principle: Despite their once strong opposition to offshore...
By Herman Wang, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Aug. 2--WASHINGTON -- Seeking to end political gridlock over gas prices, a bipartisan group of 10 senators from eight states, including Tennessee and Georgia, unveiled an energy plan Friday that includes increased oil drilling and expanded tax credits for alternative fuels and technology. The $84 billion plan would be paid for entirely by closing tax loopholes enjoyed by oil companies and new revenues from offshore drilling leases. "I...
By Stan Katten (First of two parts) Recognizing the serious deleterious effects of a 27-year-old policy, President Bush canceled the balance of an executive order prohibiting oil drilling in federal offshore waters. Congress initiated the drilling ban in 1981 - a policy formalized by President George H.W. Bush's executive order covering 1990 to 2000 and extended by President Clinton to 2012. "Post-partisanship" Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi immediately responded with her usual...
