E&E Daily http://www.eedaily.com The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 When legislation dealing with oil market speculation returns to the House floor in September, it may include some significant changes from the measure lawmakers voted on earlier this week, a key House Democrat said. Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) said his proposal on energy futures markets, H.R. 6604, will be a work in progress over the next month, as he continues to gather information on energy and agriculture commodities markets. SPOTLIGHT Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/1 With efforts to force a vote on offshore drilling stymied before the August recess, Republicans are eyeing the continuing resolution as potentially the next major front in the fight over… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/2 Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are circulating a draft bill that would impose higher taxes on speculative investment in oil markets in order to curb "excessive" speculation.… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/3 The House Science and Technology Committee wants internal documents from the Energy Department on a decision to restructure the FutureGen clean coal project, amid concerns DOE was planning to revamp… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/4 President Bush wants Congress to move forward with legislation to fund the National Park Service's Centennial Challenge, so much so he wants to help find a way to pay for… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/5 Major consumer product safety legislation cruised through the Senate yesterday, 89-3. It now heads to President Bush, who has said he will sign it. H.R. 4040 would reauthorize the Consumer… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/6 Buoyed by fuel prices that have generated keen interest in renewable energy, companies and agencies making everything from biochar to wood pellets gathered on the Hill yesterday to show Congress… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/7 Clean electricity advocates charged Capitol Hill yesterday to tell lawmakers what a new "carbon-free" grid would look like. They have a grand vision of the future of the U.S. energy… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/8 The Western Hemisphere has the traditional and alternative energy resources necessary to meet the energy needs of the region, and the United States should focus on maintaining energy policies that… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/9 Democratic senators yesterday questioned whether the Energy Department's process to site national electric transmission corridors is open and transparent enough to allow public input. Congress passed provisions in the 2005… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/10 The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved legislation yesterday that would force U.S. EPA to set a drinking water standard for perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel found in… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/11 The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday easily passed legislation that would increase cleanup funding for the Great Lakes from $50 million to $150 million annually through 2013. H.R. 6460,… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/12 President Bush should ask for more money to fight Western wildfires before existing funds run out, two House Democratic leaders said yesterday. The 2008 fire season has already pushed federal… ON THE HILL Fri Aug 01 09:01:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/rss/2008/08/01/13