Rep. John Dingell drops his fuel economy proposal
Congressmen John Dingell (D-MI) and Rick Boucher (D-VA) said that they will not be pursuing the energy legislation that they have proposed for at least the next two weeks. The Dingell-Boucher bill had fuel economy standards that were not as stringent as those proposed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and had incentives for coal to liquid projects and low carbon fuel standards. The bill would have also banned states, including California, from regulating greenhouse gases independently of the federal government. Dingell and Boucher will propose alternate legislation that drops the state regulation ban and the coal to liquid while adding incentives for batteries, plug-in hybrids, grid upgrades and renewable fuels.
[Source: Detroit News]
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PeakVT 11:43AM (6/19/2007)
Good news. If Dingell (D-Ford) has relented then we may actually see some progress.
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SolarDave 2:50PM (6/19/2007)
I'm stunned. 4 pieces of good news: 1- will drop CAFE weakening effort, 2 - no silly "clean" coal & coal to liquid incentives, 3 - incentives for batteries, etc., 4 - leaving the states, who are the leaders of the dialogue, alone. Which one of you has pictures on Dingell? I can't think of any other logic to support his seeing the light and not acting like a pork barrelled, in the pocket of the automakers politician - you know, like usual.
P.S. Autobloggreen, thx for showing "Who killed". Incredible.
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bioburner 6:12PM (6/19/2007)
Finally evedance of intelligence and adult supervision from the guys in D.C.
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motorman 12:23PM (6/20/2007)
nancy gave him the word,lets let bush veto the bill and the repubs will get the blame from the greens instead of us libs. your tax $$$ at work.
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