by Bill Scher | Jun 15, 2007 | Blog
A majority of the Senate supports adding a provision to the Senate energy bill now under consideration that would require that 15 percent of our nation's electricity come from renewable energy sources by 2020 -- an increase from the current 2.4 percent, and...
by Bill Scher | Jun 14, 2007 | Blog
The following, a more fleshed-out version of my earlier energy bill post, was originally published at The Huffington Post A majority of the Senate supports adding a provision to the Senate energy bill now under consideration, requiring that 15% of our nation's...
by Bill Scher | Jun 14, 2007 | Blog
The 56 votes killing a phony "clean" electricity amendment proved to be ominous. As support for the actual clean electricity amendment is short of 60 votes, according to CQ Today(subscription req'd) conservatives are threatening a filibuster. In turn, the amendment's...
by Bill Scher | Jun 14, 2007 | Blog
Good news on the Senate floor today. Sen. Pete Domenici's attempt to count coal and nuclear towards clean energy standards for electricity was beaten back in the Senate just minutes ago, with 56 senators voting to kill the amendment, and only 39 supporting. Still...
by Bill Scher | Jun 14, 2007 | Blog
This morning, the Senate is continuing to debate on the floor renewable energy standards for electricity, but according to Environment & Energy Daily (subscription required), much maneuvering is happening off the floor about liquid coal. E&ED reports that: Development...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 13, 2007 | Blog
Wall Street’s investment banks just got another one step closer to making defrauding investors an accepted line of business. And Enron’s employees who lost their pensions and the small investors who got fleeced in the Enron frauds just got shafted again – this time at...
