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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (154255)1/13/2011 11:32:09 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) of 540831
 
The Chamber of Commerce is so extreme they oppose research and development into renewable energy!
January 12, 2011
Some Pollyannas (climate ostriches?) claim we are moving towards a post-partisan Congress that might embrace massive increases in clean energy R&D. The folks with real money and influence on Capitol Hill, however, know we are moving in the opposite direction. As The Hill reported this week:

Karen Harbert, president of the Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, in a wide-ranging interview with The Hill late last month said members of Congress should rethink attempts to set aside large amounts of money for the research and development of nascent energy technologies like wind and solar at the expense of conventional forms of energy like oil...

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