Chamber of Commerce Recommends Sweeping Energy Agenda

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is urging President-Elect Obama to instantiate an “executive-level office to help expand domestic oil and gas production while aggressively promoting energy conservation and development of cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels.”

Specifically, the agenda calls for the president-elect and the 111th Congress to, within the first 100 days, establish a fund managed by fossil fuel-based utilities for the R&D and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies at private, academic and government sites. The recommendation also calls on Congress to “commit to doubling research and development funding over five years for renewable energy technologies, as well as clean coal energy.”

We agree!  We can create jobs, become more energy independent, keep energy costs affordable for consumers, and respond to climate change concerns.  The key is investing in all of our domestic energy resources … including clean coal. 

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