<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman chats about global warming and the heated climate around the energy bi]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Ana Unruh Cohen http://www.grist.org/article/little-bingaman/ Fri, 15 Jul 2005 07:43:48 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/little-bingaman/1 Gentlemen, start the arm twisting!

Next week could be crucial for the energy bill. Rep. Barton who is chairing the conference has set an ambitious schedule. Rumors are already flying about deals being struck. I suspect we'll see some arms twisting faster than a windmill in a strong Kansas breeze (racking up the production tax credit along the way...) Allegedly a mtbe liability wiaver would stay-in the bill coupled with an at least partially industry funded cleanup trust fund. As for the RPS, it would stay in but be expanded to include nuclear power and clean coal. In the realm of taxes, a number is floating around - $13 billion - but how that get handed out will be the big issue. I wouldn's say passage is a "slam dunk" yet, but I think the odds are rising... stay tuned.

]]> Gentlemen, start the arm twisting!

Next week could be crucial for the energy bill. Rep. Barton who is chairing the conference has set an ambitious schedule. Rumors are already flying about deals being struck. I suspect we'll see some arms twisting faster than a windmill in a strong Kansas breeze (racking up the production tax credit along the way...) Allegedly a mtbe liability wiaver would stay-in the bill coupled with an at least partially industry funded cleanup trust fund. As for the RPS, it would stay in but be expanded to include nuclear power and clean coal. In the realm of taxes, a number is floating around - $13 billion - but how that get handed out will be the big issue. I wouldn's say passage is a "slam dunk" yet, but I think the odds are rising... stay tuned.

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