Senate oks energy bill to cut vehicle fuel use
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The U.S. Senate late on Thursday approved a broad energy bill to increase the fuel efficiency of U.S. cars and trucks by Congress for the first time since 1975 and significantly boost production of renewable motor fuels like ethanol.
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Energy bill passes. Fossil-fuel companies continue to get tax breaks.
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The Senate passed a trimmed-back energy bill Thursday that would bring higher-gas mileage cars and SUVs into showrooms in the coming decade and fill their tanks with ethanol.
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The Senate approved legislation Wednesday designed to force some broadcast stations to give up their current analog channels by 2008.
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The House of Representatives on  Tuesday approved an energy bill to increase the fuel efficiency  of cars and trucks for the first time since 1975, boost  production of ethanol and cut energy use in light bulbs and  appliances.
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Sam Bodman, President Bush's pick to be the next U.S. energy secretary, was approved on Wednesday by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
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The Senate passed a sweeping energy legislation package last night that would mandate the first substantial change in the nation's vehicle fuel-efficiency law since 1975 despite opposition from auto companies and their Senate supporters.
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A year of rhetoric, lobbying, veto threats and negotiations ended yesterday as the House of Representatives voted 314 to 100 to pass an energy bill that President Bush is to sign this morning. The bill will raise fuel-efficiency standards for automobiles, order a massive increase in the use of...
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A Senate blueprint for tackling global warming would require power plants and vehicles to reduce their greenhouse gases by 70 percent. A chief sponsor said President Bush's approach of voluntary action will not meet the goal.
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The Senate on Monday pressed ahead  with a Democrat-driven rewrite of American energy policy that  would strip nearly $15 billion in tax breaks from large  companies and put the money toward making energy from clean,  renewable sources like wind, solar and soybeans.
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Leaders of the committee writing  energy legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives backed  away on Monday from controversial elements of the bill,  including new fuel economy standards for automobiles.
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Six U.S. senators, including  potential 2008 presidential contenders from both major parties,  unveiled legislation on Friday that would force power plants  and industry to curb heat-trapping greenhouse gases, seeking to  cut emissions to one-third of 2000 levels by 2050.
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California regulators approved a plan yesterday aimed at drastically reducing emissions from cars and trucks over the next 11 years of gases commonly believed to cause global warming.
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The New Jersey Legislature passed a bill Thursday that set ambitious goals for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
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The Senate yesterday approved an amendment to energy legislation that would establish comprehensive vehicle fuel-economy standards for the first time since 1975, overcoming fierce opposition from the auto industry and Michigan lawmakers.
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California made a bold move to curb  global warming by passing on Thursday the first bill in the  United States to cap man-made greenhouse gas emissions, an  action state leaders hope will be copied across the country.
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The Senate will begin debate this week on legislation to reduce America's gasoline demand by increasing the fuel economy of cars and trucks and boosting the use of non-petroleum fuels like ethanol, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday.