{"id":1023,"date":"2005-04-06T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-06T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/04\/06\/another-run-at-the-energy-bill\/"},"modified":"2005-04-06T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-06T15:20:00","slug":"another-run-at-the-energy-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/another-run-at-the-energy-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Run at the Energy Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
The House Republican Energy Bill appears to have as many lives as your average cat: from Reuters via Howling, news<\/a> of yet another attempt to get this shameful piece of legislation through both houses of Congress.<\/p>\n A US House committee on Tuesday dusted off an energy bill that backers say will boost US oil and natural gas production but critics deride as a bonanza for oil companies with no immediate relief for consumer pocketbooks.<\/p>\n Republican lawmakers hope red-hot US crude oil prices and record-high US gasoline prices will give momentum to a broad energy bill packed with incentives to increase domestic supplies of oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear and renewable energy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Of course, don’t let that description fool you — this bill is very much about “domestic supplies of oil, natural gas, [and] nuclear” energy with the renewables thrown in for window dressing.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: energy<\/a>, politics<\/a><\/p>\n