GOP taps progressive Ore. official as key aide on house energy panel

摘要

Ray Baum has voted to shut down a coal plant, and he nsupports wind and solar power and energy efficiency.nYet despite that politically progressive resume, House nRepublicans have tapped Baum, the chairman of the Oregon nPublic Utility Commission, to serve as a key staff member nfor the GOP-led Energy and Commerce Committee, which nmany experts think will be hostile to President Barack nObama’s vision for a clean-energy future.