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Billions at stake as lawmakers grapple with 'renewable' definition

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

A recent article in the New York Times looks at the many interests with a stake in a definition of renewable energy. Both houses in Congress are moving legislation to establish national quotas for renewable energy sources, including the climate bill passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week. [MORE: South Dakota lawmakers seek to fix language that act prevents federal forest waste from being used as a renewable fuel source; an NASF letter is cited.]

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