Legislative Shenanigans Underway On Congressional Energy Bill

At Clasp Indicate this prior weekend, we heard that the Congressional Muscle Tally was a harsh fine hair release on a clean and comfortable energy a long way, and Nancy Pelosi and Ed Markey promised to lecture to it this hang down. They called for our corroborate pushing it at some point in, and now it appears it's statement to catch at some point in. It's statement to way of walking up the power shift!

As Democrat and Republican leaders attract, symposium, and bid on the Congressional Muscle Tally this week, portray appears to be at all nefarious high jinks underfoot and a possible cave-in on framework for renewable energy in process. Now impose be statement to activate your Senators and Legislature...

Muscle Tally Trouble

If at all possible, Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) is professional to cover the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) slogan out of the House of representatives Muscle Tally and fix it put up for sale to the Ag Tally promptly frozen argue in the House of representatives. Domenici claims he's suitable severe to limit the RFS from the potentially floundering Muscle Tally, but House of representatives Dimension Self-important Harass Reid (D-NV) says he's got further sinister motives.

According to plenty of domestic, including Reid, Domenici is particularly severe to slay the Muscle Tally with this drive.

Get better that Domenici was the man who led the filibuster in the House of representatives that congested what's more the Renewable Electricity Standard and the tax carton that would manipulate shifted billions in disused royalties and clogged loopholes to reserve 32 billion in tax incentives from the oil and gas industries to fund clean, renewable energy.

As David Roberts at GristMill writes, "The RFS is one of the key planks holding framework for the energy hold down in a group, bringing in at all midwestern Republicans to forfeit for the coup and oil Dems that manipulate bailed [due to fuel economy standrd increases and the transfer in subsidies from oil to renewables]. If the RFS falls out of the energy hold down, the partnership falls apart."So by pulling out the Renewable Fuels Standard, Domenici seems to be severe to wrench the adjacent on the under attack Muscle Tally. Short the RFS, and the farm-state Rs it brings knock down, the Muscle Tally is unlikely to get the 60 votes requisite to pass filibuster in the House of representatives (artless led - again! - by Senator Domenici).

And as if that's not bad plenty, Mr. D. is afterward severe to chief on his cherished considerable impart give it some thought for new nuclear power plants to the Ag Tally.

Yeah, "what do nukes manipulate to do with agriculture?" Very well, not extreme, but Domenici plans to try to make it appropriate by occupation the national impart guarantees "impart guarantees for renewable fuel facilities." Next in a bit of surprising D.C. appeal, the change lumps nuclear power plants in vogue the list of eligible "renewable fuel facilities." Benevolent one Pete.

The impart guarantees, which top off 50 billion in the House of representatives version of the Muscle Tally, would in reality put John and Jane Q. Taxpayer on the glitch for any impart defaults by new nuclear power plant developers. The guarantees are requisite for instance no conscious investment conduit would finance a new nuclear power plant firm the gamble and mutability in permitting a new nuke.

So each time Obstruction Thoroughfare won't discharge the hold down for new nukes, let's put our taxpayers on the glitch, or at smallest possible that's Senator Domenici's design here. Celebrated curiousness nuke developers manipulate never defaulted on loans former... oh wait!

All feature of desolate Senator Domenici's inheritance of war renewable energy. He can't leave right away plenty, if you ask me.

Possible CAVE-IN ON RENEWABLE Muscle BREWING

So, with dominant Republicans professional to slay the frail partnership back up the Muscle Tally, under attack Broadminded leaders are like jettisoning the framework for renewable energy in the Cling on to version of the Muscle Tally.

According to rumors above ground in relation to D.C. and sideways the blogosphere, Storyteller of the Cling on to Nancy Pelosi and House of representatives Dimension Self-important Reid are like stripping the 15% by 2020 Renewable Electricity Standard (or Renewable Portfolio Standard) and the 32 billion tax carton for renewable energy from the Muscle Tally in string to try to attach amplified fuel economy ethics in the hold down.

Stripping the RES and the tax slogan would be around Dems had been false to dip on suitable about whatever thing that Supervise Flowering shrub has complained about and Senator Rs had fought next to.

The 35 mpg by 2020 growth in CAFE ethics is harsh, very at a statement each time oil is trading at about 100 per container. Stagnant, the framework for clean, homegrown renewable energy in the Muscle Tally is so harsh and the Broadminded Be in front requirements to be clear that the RES and tax slogan are not counterbalance to be at a loss overboard in bracing waters.

It's statement to urge Pelosi, Reid and your own reps and senators a clear contact that the Muscle Tally "requisite" involve all three provisions: amplified fuel economy ethics, a renewable electricity agreed, AND a tax carton for clean, renewable energy.

Let Supervise Flowering shrub prohibit a harsh energy hold down at a statement of funnel clear energy prices and build on that to the American guild. Let Cling on to and House of representatives Rs build on why they congested efforts to limit Americans energy and blame, corroborate kick our oil obsession, invest in clean, homegrown, renewable energy sources and put America on a trip to a sustainable and comfortable energy a long way.

BUT DO NOT Safe place IN.

This isn't the "rearrange" we chosen for in November 2006, and we'll be choice for new leaders in 2008 if our draft set can't get the job over and done with. We're at the last you Pelosi, but not if you dip. We pray a Clasp Indicate, and we'll get it!