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• Unions Suggest Tax to Fund Sequestration Research

  On April 6, the coal-industry labor unions, hoping to raise large amounts of money to jump-start carbon sequestration and storage demonstration projects, floated a proposal to levy a tax on delivered coal. The proposal is part of a strategy by coal companies Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:43 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly DC Report 4-10-07 by Article

• FERC Sends Report to Congress on Wholesale Electric Markets

  On April 6, the Electric Energy Market Competition Task Force sent a final 191 page report to Congress on the "competition within wholesale and retail markets for electric energy in the U.S." as required by Section 1815 of the Energy Policy Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:42 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly DC Report 4-10-07 by Article

• Environmental Report on Cape Wind Delayed

  As reported in Greenwire , the Mineral Management Service, a federal agency charged with issuing a federal environmental assessment of the offshore Cape Wind project, off the Massachusetts coast, will not be released this month as expected. The Mineral Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:41 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly DC Report 4-10-07 by Article

• Reed Secures Additional LIHEAP Funding in Supplemental War Bill

  Prior to the Congressional recess, Jack Reed (D-RI), Co-Chair of the Northeast Midwest Senate Coalition, was instrumental in securing an additional $320 million in Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) program as part of Senate-passed supplemental Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:40 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly DC Report 4-10-07 by Article