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Obama’s Energy Bill And Global Warming
WASHINGTON – In his weekly address, President Barack Obama praised the House of Representatives for passing the energy bill on Friday evening. This historic piece of legislation will not just lessen our dependence on foreign oil, but also spark a clean energy transformation in our economy that will create millions of new American jobs that [...]
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Energy Cooperatives Oppose Obama
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is opposed to the President’s Cap-And-Trade auction plan. Their position statement: Cooperatives Oppose Full Auction of Allowances Under Carbon Cap-and-Trade Under a “Cap and Trade” approach to reducing greenhouse gases, Congress must decide how to distribute emissions allowances. Congress can choose to freely allocate allowances to the regulated [...]
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Energy Impacts of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009