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• Boucher Supports Free Allowances in Cap-and-trade Bill

  Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, announced that he is planning to draft a cap-and-trade bill that would distribute billions of dollars in pollution credits to U.S. industries for Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:55 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 9-18-07 by Article

• NRC Plans for Flood of New Nuclear Power Plant Applications

  In response to an influx of new plant proposals, which could open the biggest building boom since the 1970s, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is expanding. Within two years, the NRC could receive 29 application for new reactors in 20 states. Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:54 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 9-18-07 by Article

• Court Rejects Authority to Decide Injury Lawsuits on Global Warming

  On September 17 th , Judge Martin Jenkins, a federal judge in San Francisco, ruled that the courts do not have the authority or the expertise to decide injury lawsuits concerning global warming. The decision dismissed a suit which had been brought against Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:53 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 9-18-07 by Article

• Battery Development Needed to Launch Plug-In Hybrid; Massachusetts Company in the Forefront

  There is growing public support for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEVs) that could provide consumers with vehicles that get 100 miles a gallon, use no gasoline at all for local errands, switch to conventional fuel for long trips and quickly recharge Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:53 PM by Staff | 0 Comments Filed under: NEPPA e-Weekly Legislative Update DC Report 9-18-07 by Article