Urgent action needed -Bush/Cheney Energy Bill

First of all, this bill was concocted in secret closed door meetings.
Cheney still refuses to follow the law and release these records and
memos to comittee.

this bill also contains TWENTY BILLION dollars in welfare to industry
-specifically nuclear and gas/oil interests.

The bill also ends environmental protections for drilling on public
lands, as well as ends review processes for these acts. If this bill
passes, the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana will be developed, roaded,
and filled with the stench of natural gas works. This area is the
wildest we have left.

Not to mention the Republicans shut democrats out of the hearing, and
has given them only 48 hours to review the 1000 + page bill. Both
sides should be given ample time to study the bill - this is
preposterous in and of itself.

This bill is a JOKE. It does nothing to secure America's energy needs
(except the grid bit), nor does it allow development of alternative
energies.

It's the 1950's all over again.
you have every single conservation and most gun group opposing this
plan. Even conservative Field and Stream is railing against this, as
well as the Montana gun owners association.

Please contact your Senator and tell them to say no to a secret
meeting bill that is waste of taxpayer dollars and that refuses to
afford protectons to our last wild places. What a joke. Tell them to
filibuster this bill.


http://www.senate.gov/

Muskie won't stop.

it's no joke,Tuco.It's a rope wrote:
First of all, this bill was concocted in secret closed door meetings.
Cheney still refuses to follow the law and release these records and
memos to comittee.

this bill also contains TWENTY BILLION dollars in welfare to industry
-specifically nuclear and gas/oil interests.

The bill also ends environmental protections for drilling on public
lands, as well as ends review processes for these acts. If this bill
passes, the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana will be developed, roaded,
and filled with the stench of natural gas works. This area is the
wildest we have left.

Not to mention the Republicans shut democrats out of the hearing, and
has given them only 48 hours to review the 1000 + page bill. Both
sides should be given ample time to study the bill - this is
preposterous in and of itself.

This bill is a JOKE. It does nothing to secure America's energy needs
(except the grid bit), nor does it allow development of alternative
energies.

It's the 1950's all over again.
you have every single conservation and most gun group opposing this
plan. Even conservative Field and Stream is railing against this, as
well as the Montana gun owners association.

Please contact your Senator and tell them to say no to a secret
meeting bill that is waste of taxpayer dollars and that refuses to
afford protectons to our last wild places. What a joke. Tell them to
filibuster this bill.


http://www.senate.gov/

... nor does it allow development of alternative energies.


Actually there is money in this bill for development of alternative
technologies, although you will probably still oppose the bill
overall.

In the 1,148-page bill, Republicans authorized $273-million for
nuclear R&D in fiscal 2004, increasing to $545-million in FY-08. The
amount was more than half of the $480-million authorized for renewable
energy R&D in FY-04, which would increase to $710-million in FY-08.
Funding for fossil R&D was authorized at $530-million, under the bill,
ramping up to $626-million in FY-08.

John Hughes

.... nor does it allow development of alternative energies.

Actually there is money in this bill for development of alternative
technologies, although you will probably still oppose the bill
overall.

In the 1,148-page bill, Republicans authorized $273-million for
nuclear R&D in fiscal 2004, increasing to $545-million in FY-08. The
amount was more than half of the $480-million authorized for renewable
energy R&D in FY-04, which would increase to $710-million in FY-08.
Funding for fossil R&D was authorized at $530-million, under the bill,
ramping up to $626-million in FY-08.

John Hughes

Giving 20 billion in incentives to oil , gas and nuclear, while giving
a fraction of that to new energy is allowing for development of
alternative energy? I don't think so. Nice try John.