Boxer + Kerry = Natural Gas
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Clean energy jobs. Check. Energy independence. Check. Reduce pollution. Check. Natural gas can do all of this. And, it’s probably why the energy resource is getting so much attention in the Senate version of the climate bill unveiled last week by Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass. and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
Among the items favoring natural gas in the 821-page Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act are provisions for grants and research into technologies that reduce emissions from natural gas-fueled electricity generation facilities. The bill also provides for a new federal program that encourages investment in low-carbon power generation – for which natural gas is perfect.
It is a clean, abundant, American
resource with the power to create jobs, significantly reduce CO2
emissions and help provide a cleaner energy future.
Here’s what Sen. Kerry had to say when he introduced the bill:
“Our health, our security, our economy, our environment all demand we reinvent the way America uses energy. Our addiction to foreign oil hurts our economy, helps our enemies and risks our security.”
The various industry organizations are weighing in differently on this bill and how it will affect the American consumer.
The head of the newly formed lobbying group America’s Natural Gas Alliance provided this statement to the Ft. Worth Business Press and other media:
“For months, ANGA has worked constructively with Chairmen Boxer and Kerry, and many other members of the Senate and House, to help them understand the benefits of including strong incentives to promote domestic natural gas in any climate legislation,” stated ANGA president Rod Lowman. “It is a clean, abundant, American resource with the power to create jobs, significantly reduce CO2 emissions and help provide a cleaner energy future. Right here in America, we have a t least a 100-year supply, and are developing even more through the use of new technologies. Natural gas can provide dramatic decreases in greenhouse gas emissions and do so more quickly than any other currently viable options.”
The American Petroleum Institute on the other hand is not impressed with the bill. The API says the measure too closely resembles the House’s climate bill and says both are losers for the American consumer.
That aside, nine senators have sent a letter to Sen. Boxer offering their support of further natural gas production. |
Posted on Monday, October 19, 2009 (Archive on Monday, October 26, 2009)
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