Government

摘要

The energy bill the Senate is to finally take up in September is primarily a "BP-response" bill and contains none of the greenhouse gas emission reductions that Democrats had hoped to bring to a vote in a "Climate Change" bill, which is dead for this year. The Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010 focuses mostly on oil spill liability and response issues. Natural gas production offshore doesn't appear to be a concern, obviously because there is no such thing as a gas "spill." Moreover, there don't appear to be any provisions applicable to pipelines, offshore or on. However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) slipped in a provision dealing with disclosure of "fracing" chemicals which has drawn the ire of some big natural gas producers.