The Green Files > Fate of the renewable portfolio standard
[@ Monkeysign] I do not have time for much comment right now, but RenewableEnergyAccess is running an article discussing the likely fate of the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) approved by the Senate last week. According to the article, the Chair of the Senate Energy Committee, Pete Domenici (R-NM), is “not committed to maintain this amendment in conference,” suggesting that if his counterparts in the House of Representatives do not like it, the RPS will be removed from the energy bill before the final votes by the House and Senate.
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[WorldChanging: Another World Is Here] The Week in Sustainable Vehicles (06/19/05): However, Senator Jeff Bingaman's (D-NM) amendment to establish a national Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) for electricity generation squeaked by 50-48. That amendement, which was opposed by the White House, mandates every electric utility to generate an increasing minimum percentage of its power from renewable resources, scaling up to a minimum of 10% by 2020.
[Southdakotapolitics.blogs.com] South Dakota Politics: At its 16th annual Leadership Awards, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the nation’s oldest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights and advocacy organization, honored former U.S. Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle””who was defeated for reelection in South Dakota last fall””for his role earlier last year in beating back the Federal Marriage Amendment. The amendment would have defined marriage throughout the U.S. as only the union between a man and a woman.
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