The Majority Leader of the American House of Representatives Steny Hoyer has admitted Congress had not reached a breakthrough on a compromise energy package but still hoped to bring the legislation back into consideration next month.
The Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been hoping that energy legislation could be approved before the two-week American Thanksgiving […]

In the late winter of 2006, the citizens of Burlington, Vermont prepared to elect one of five candidates to a three-year term for an open mayor’s seat.  At one forum, a citizen stood up and asked, “Within the next mayoral term, it’s likely the price of oil will hit $90 a barrel and gas will […]

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives wants to spend almost $7bn in the coming year to reduce the nation’s enormous carbon footprint, reports the Independent. This has put it on a collision course with the White House, which still remains in denial about climate change.
A major clash is expected between the White House and Congress in […]

A study done by the Center for American Progress (CAP) shows a strong correlation between Big Oil political contributions and votes on energy legislation which eliminates $16 billion in oil company tax breaks and royalty relief.
The 221 House members who voted for the House energy bill received around $5.8 million in total from the […]

No surprises here really. Anything that remotely threatens the interests of Exxon will be opposed. The oil dinosaur has done it so spectacularly on climate, and now it is coming out fighting against the new US energy bill.
The proposed reform of US energy policy passing through Congress “almost defies any sense of logical or rational […]