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Reports are circulating that there will be a hydraulic fracturing component in the energy and climate change legislation being crafted by a trio of senators, but Washington, DC-based producer trade groups have their reservations.

Reports are circulating that there will be a hydraulic fracturing component in the energy and climate change legislation being crafted by a trio of senators, but Washington, DC-based producer trade groups have their reservations.

On the second leg of a four-city tour to hear from stakeholders as an Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy policy is crafted, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar last Wednesday faced a crowd in New Orleans that was decidedly more friendly to oil and natural gas than the East Coast audience that he met earlier last week. Gulf Coast congressional members and industry representatives said the Obama administration’s plans to move toward renewables was a solid idea, but conventional gas and oil production remained paramount to domestic energy security. They also blasted the administration’s proposed to raise producer taxes.

On the second leg of a four-city tour to hear from stakeholders as an Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy policy is crafted, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday faced a crowd in New Orleans that was decidedly more friendly to oil and natural gas. Gulf Coast congressional members and industry representatives said the Obama administration’s plans to move toward renewables is a solid idea, but conventional gas and oil production remains paramount to domestic energy security.

The Republican-crafted economic stimulus package that was approved by Congress last Thursday was stripped of tax credits for renewable energy and subsidies to offset the heating bills for low-income households.

Senate Democrats Thursday were forced to accept a Republican-crafted economic stimulus package that was stripped of any tax credits for renewable energy and subsidies to offset the heating bills of low-income households.

The House Thursday voted out Democrat-crafted energy legislation (HR 6) that is expected to face a Republican filibuster in the Senate and a potential veto by President Bush.

Environmental groups are targeting Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) in a series of print and radio advertisements for his decision to support a GOP-crafted compromise that would establish a 125-mile, no-drill buffer zone around Florida in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Environmental groups are targeting Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) in a series of print and radio advertisements for his decision to support a GOP-crafted compromise that would establish a 125-mile, no-drill buffer zone around Florida in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.