Green Options » Bipartisan Energy Summit http://greenoptions.com/tag/bipartisan-energy-summit Posts tagged 'Bipartisan Energy Summit' Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:13:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Sheldon Whitehouse Calls Out GOP Senators on Offshore Drilling http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/15/sheldon-whitehouse-calls-out-gop-senators-on-offshore-drilling/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/15/sheldon-whitehouse-calls-out-gop-senators-on-offshore-drilling/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:13:41 +0000 Taylor Shelton http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/15/sheldon-whitehouse-calls-out-gop-senators-on-offshore-drilling/ This week is going to be big for American energy policy. By week’s end, it is likely that we will see the US Congress vote on any number of energy bills, including one put forth by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), as well as the New Energy Reform Act of 2008, which has been endorsed by the so-called “Gang of 10″ Senators, who have since swelled in number to 16, and now 20 members. If you’re even remotely like me, you’re surely growing tired of the battle between the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate and the GOP minority that demands new offshore drilling. Unfortunately for all of us, few congressional Democrats have had the gall to stand up and say what’s been on all of our minds - offshore drilling isn’t the answer. That was, until last Friday’s Bipartisan Energy Summit, when Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse seemingly decided that he’d had enough.

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