Dean Criticizes Congressional Republicans For Rejecting Renewable Energy

[Sean Reynolds]

SNIP:

BURLINGTON--Today, Governor Howard Dean, M.D., issued the following statement criticizing House and Senate Republicans for their opposition to renewable energy in the energy bill conference:

"In 2002, President Bush told us, 'We need an energy bill which will encourage the use of renewable energy. We can do that.' We can, but Bush's allies in Congress are making sure it doesn't happen.

SNIP:

"We need to make a serious investment in renewable energy. It's important for our security, it‚s important for our environment and it‚s important for our economy. We should be aiming even higher--for a 20% standard by 2020. Unfortunately, just as with the Bush-Cheney energy plan, Republicans are letting industry lobbyists write this energy bill behind closed doors without input from Democrats or even moderate Republicans. One industry lobbyist called this bill 'the mother lode.'
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http://blog.deanforamerica.com/archives/001724.html

[shanti]

1. but renewable energy

doesn't make money for them....what good is?!

/sarcasm

[ozone_man]

2. Keep it up Dean.

Alternative energy, air quality and other environmental issues are a major vulnerability for Bush. I hope Dean rips him apart on this.

--snip--

"I believe that we should be writing an energy bill that will provide a 'mother lode' of clean, secure, renewable energy for our children, not a 'mother lode' of fat profits for people like Ken Lay. That is why I will continue to call for the Senate to hold Governor Leavitt's nomination as EPA chief until this Administration and its allies drop this terrible energy bill and agree to work with Democrats to write a bill worth passing."

[Upfront]

3. Can't Wait

untill this man is our President.:bounce: