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6/18/2007
Energy Bill Faces Battle
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leaders face two floor fights this week over their energy bill, one led by auto makers that want to weaken proposed fuel efficiency standards and another pushed by the coal industry for tax incentives to make diesel fuel from coal. more>
6/15/2007
Green Goodies
First came Big Labor. Then the tort lawyers. What special interest lobby remains for the Democratic majority to reward for services rendered this past election? The answer rests in the ecstatic press releases tumbling out of the nation's largest environmental groups, as they oversee the House's pending energy legislation. That is, if "energy" is the right word for West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall's green-payoff of a bill. Ostensibly the legislation is a rollback of any energy production advances of recent years. But also tucked deep in its heart is an extraordinary new tool to allow environmentalists to lock up private property across the country. Bill presented; bill paid. more>
6/15/2007
Road Trip – Biofuels of Bust
As debate over the viability of ethanol as an alternative energy source continues, few drivers know exactly what it is or where to get the biofuel. Along with an estimated 30 million other Americans, I spent Memorial Day weekend on the road. But, I was determined to use only to use E85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, on the 1,907 mile trip from New York City to Indianapolis and back. more>
6/11/2007
The Senate’s Energy Bill
Some key provisions include:
Using 36 billion gallons of biofuels yearly by 2022 more>
6/10/2007
The Democrats Lag on Warming
When Americans elected a Democratic Congress last November, they were voting to end politics as usual and special interest legislation. On the vital issues of energy independence and global warming they are not only in danger of getting more of the same but also, unless Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders step forward, winding up in worse shape than they were under the Republicans. more>
6/7/2007
History 101: Price controls don't work
For decades, the price and availability of gas has generated political heat. As a former Nixon administration official, I've been there and seen that. But what is surprising is the unwillingness of some in today's Congress to learn from our mistakes. Bills in the Senate and House today want to impose price controls on gasoline. more>
6/3/2007
Real price gouging
Mark Twain quipped that "America's only native criminal class is Congress." Once again last week, Congress proved Twain right when they passed a bill to forbid gasoline "price gouging" without, of course, bothering to precisely define the term, other than to say raising "prices unreasonably." more>
6/1/2007
Bush Proposes Goal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
WASHINGTON, May 31 — President Bush, fending off international accusations that he was ignoring climate change, proposed for the first time on Thursday to set “a long-term global goal” for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and he called on other high-polluting nations to join the United States in negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by the end of next year. more>
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