In his first address to a joint session of Congress last Tuesday, President Obama heralded renewable fuels as the solution to the country’s nagging energy problems, while the Republicans in their response stressed the need for diversity in the U.S. energy mix, including stepped-up domestic oil and natural gas drilling.
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Obama Sees Renewables as Cure-All; GOP Stresses Supply Diversity
In his first address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, President Obama heralded renewable fuels as the solution to the country’s nagging energy problems, while the Republicans in their response stressed the need for diversity in the U.S. energy mix, including stepped-up domestic oil and natural gas drilling.
California Hydrogen Highway Stalled; PG&E Balks
California’s widely heralded plans a few years back to create a “Hydrogen Highway” by developing 100 fueling stations along the 400-mile stretch between Los Angeles and San Francisco by 2010 has hit some roadblocks as two stations have closed and planned facilities are being canceled. The latest was dropped by Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E).
Energy Policy Moves Front and Center
It’s crunch time on the energy policy front, and the big guns are in play, preparing the ground for the administration’s much-heralded comprehensive energy strategy. Vice President Dick Cheney has been putting in a series of media appearances lately, supporting energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and a task force of energy experts has published a report calling on the nation to make some hard choices or face “more Californias in America’s future.”
Energy Policy Moves Front and Center
It’s crunch time on the energy policy front, and the big guns are in play, preparing the ground for the administration’s much-heralded comprehensive energy strategy. Vice President Dick Cheney has been putting in a series of media appearances lately, supporting energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and today a task force of energy experts is unveiling a report calling on the nation to make some hard choices or face “more Californias in America’s future.”
U.S. Companies Get Tariff Break From Mexico
A Mexican government decision to eliminate a tariff on naturalgas imports July 1 was heralded as good news for U.S. pipelines andMexican consumers. Currently 4%, the tariff on U.S. gas imports,was to be eliminated in 2003 following annual reductions of 1%. Thetariff went into effect at 10% with the signing of the NorthAmerican Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The tariff’s elimination isintended to boost gas availability to Mexico’s northern region asthe country turns more and more to gas-fired power generation.