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by Greg Cruey on April 4, 2009
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 exists now in draft form in the U.S. House. The WWF is happy; groups like Shop Floor are unhappy.
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I had to laugh at one of Shop Floor's points. They agreed that the new law would create a lot of jobs, but said that so did Hurricane Katrina...
Justin Moresco over at Red Herring described the bill this way:
the draft bill includes a nationwide renewable portfolio standard that requires electric utilities to get at least 6 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2012. That baseline gradually rises to 25 percent by 2025, and states may choose to meet one-fifth of this requirement with energy efficiency measures.The Daily Kos has weighed in on it, as has the H Post. We'll see what it looks like after Congress has worked it over a couple of times. Laws and sausages...
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Rating: 9.25 out of 4 vote(s) cast.
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Response from:
Ben
(04/07/09 4:49am)
Being Asian, I support any Act passed by US Government on saving the planet earth. US needs to take her leadership on making our environment friendly.
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