Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kevin
Gallagher, Megan Ceronsky and Tomás
Carbonell
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Commentary
Speaker Pelosi has set a firm deadline – or maybe
not so firm – for the Ways & Means and Agriculture
Committees to have their say on the contents of the American Clean
Energy and Security Act. Agriculture groups, who have influence
over a large number of House moderate Democrats, are seeking
changes to the offsets provisions, including putting the U.S.
Department of Agriculture in charge of agriculture and forestry
offsets . . . The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
continued work on comprehensive energy legislation. The
Committee's fragile compromise on a Renewable Electricity
Standard weathered another week of several offered amendments from
both sides, although the current legislation will not produce
appreciably more renewable energy
