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  • McConnell and Grassley offer "Compromise" to Extend Tax Breaks

    On July 1, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Finance Committee Ranking Republican Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a strong letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) calling on the Senate to work to find a bipartisan solution to extend expiring (or expired) tax provisions, including ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on July 8, 2008
  • Hearing on Boucher’s Carbon Capture and Storage Bill; Mark-up Possible

    On July 10, the House Energy and Commerce, Energy and Air Quality (E&AQ) Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-VA) will hold a hearing on H.R. 6528, the Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act, a bill that would create a multibillion-dollar fund to accelerate the employment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The bill ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on July 8, 2008
  • NEPPA Endorses Sanders LIHEAP Bill

    As was reported last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced S. 3186, the Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer Act, which would provide $2.53 billion in FY 08 emergency funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).  Majority Leader Reid has committed to "fast-track" the bill to the Senate floor sometime in ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on July 8, 2008
  • DOE Announces Solicitations for $30.5 Billion in Federal Loan Guarantees

    On June 30, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a second round of solicitations of up to $30.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for projects that would employ "advanced energy technologies that avoid, reduce or sequester air pollutants or greenhouse gas emissions."  The solicitations will cover three areas: energy efficiency, ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on July 8, 2008
  • New Zogby Poll Shows Support for Nuclear Power

    A recent Zogby international poll found that 69 percent of those surveyed supported building more nuclear power stations to meet future energy needs and 70 percent said nuclear power technology is safer than it was 30 years ago.  Among the 69 percent, 69 percent said they would support a nuclear reactor in their community, and half said they ...
    Posted to NEPPA (Weblog) by Staff on July 8, 2008
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