http://texasvox.org/2009/05/22/house-committee-passes-landmark-clean-energy-legislation/ The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:19:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://texasvox.org/2009/05/22/house-committee-passes-landmark-clean-energy-legislation/#comment-1906 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:08:55 +0000 http://texasvox.org/?p=3464#comment-1906 [...] If only that had been the extent of the funny business with the bill… but both behind closed doors and by amendment in the committee, the climate bill got gutted.  First, special giveaways to the nuclear industry. Then to the coal industry. Then decreasing the renewables and efficiency goals by almost half.  Then offsets language that guaranteed that polluters would be able to continue to pollute above the cap– meaning in a bill whose primary purpose is to make sure we curb pollution so we don’t fry the planet, our emissions might actually GO UP, not down. And the bill passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee, its largest hurdle, but by then it had been incredibly compromised.  Our immediate reaction was:  follow the money (ad this remains the single best explanation of what… [...]

]]> http://texasvox.org/2009/05/22/house-committee-passes-landmark-clean-energy-legislation/#comment-760 Thu, 28 May 2009 20:15:54 +0000 http://texasvox.org/?p=3464#comment-760 [...] 28, 2009 by Andy Wilson We’ve been disappointed by the process that the American Clean Energy and Security Act has gone through, recently, and a few weeks ago I went to go see my Congressman during his [...]

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