{"id":1295,"date":"2005-06-18T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-18T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/06\/18\/more-analysis-of-energy-bill-wrangling\/"},"modified":"2005-06-18T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-18T16:57:00","slug":"more-analysis-of-energy-bill-wrangling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/more-analysis-of-energy-bill-wrangling\/","title":{"rendered":"More Analysis of Energy Bill Wrangling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LiberalOasis has posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberaloasis.com\/archives\/061205.htm#061705\">thorough overview<\/a> of the recent clean energy provisions added to Senate&#8217;s energy bill, and also considers the strategies that Democrats could use to turn this debate to their favor.  I agree whole-heartedly with their characterization of the just-added Renewable Energy Standard as a &#8220;decent, if modest, provision&#8221; in a bill that&#8217;s largely a giveaway to the oil, gas and nuclear industries in the name of &#8220;doing something&#8221; about gas prices.  As LO points out, this bill won&#8217;t do jack about gas prices, and, if they&#8217;re wise, the Dems could use this in their favor.  Strategy aside, though, it&#8217;s a real shame to see that green energy provisions are merely &#8220;lipstick on a pig.&#8221;  It wouldn&#8217;t take a whole lot of vision to recognize that concrete, well-funded initiatives for energy conservation and renewable power could create economic momentum as well as get us on the road to genuine energy independence and security.  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