Comments on: Senate Energy Bill Update: Coal-to-Liquids Amendments Go Down in Flames http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/06/19/senate-energy-bill-update-coal-to-liquids-amendments-go-down-in-flames/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 06 May 2012 08:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jessejenkins http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/06/19/senate-energy-bill-update-coal-to-liquids-amendments-go-down-in-flames/#comment-46945 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:38:36 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/06/19/senate-energy-bill-update-coal-to-liquids-amendments-go-down-in-flames/#comment-46945 Word is that there’s been an agreement reached between the Democratic leadership (which controls the committee agendas) – i.e. Dingell and Pelosi – to drop the more controversial measures from the House energy package, including coal-to-liquids, increased CAFE standards and a renewable fuels standard/low carbon fuels standard. Also dropped were provisions that would have pre-empted states from regulating carbon emissions (thank God!).

Stay vigilante though. This is by no means the end of the coal industry’s attempts to get federal subsidies for coal-to-liquids. We’ve won for now, but the war is still on.

]]> By: martha http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/06/19/senate-energy-bill-update-coal-to-liquids-amendments-go-down-in-flames/#comment-46910 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:28:08 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/06/19/senate-energy-bill-update-coal-to-liquids-amendments-go-down-in-flames/#comment-46910 Nice writeup. I wonder if there will be a renewed attempt via the House to add coal fuel to the energy package?

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