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...sweep of the Waxman-Markey bill, known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act, is massive. It includes provisions to require that a quarter of U.S. power production be based on renewable energy by the year 2025; investments to facilitate mounting those new energy sources onto the grid; incentives for green buildings, appliances and vehicles; and an ambitious schedule to reduce greenhouse gases 20% below 2005 levels by the year 2020. The goals are even more ambitious than those in Obama's plan, which calls for only a 14% reduction in the same period - and that may well...
...plan - speaks to how intense the energy-reform maneuvering is already. The fact that the amendments - several more of which are in the pipeline - are coming through the Senate shows the impatience of members of the upper chamber, since the Senate will most likely wait for the House to act rather than draft its own bill. And there remain many holes to be filled in the House bill. The Waxman-Markey bill, for instance, doesn't tackle nuclear power, a key issue for Republicans. And it doesn't set specific timetables for greenhouse-gas reductions or address international concerns about...
...Congress is currently considering a law to end this sordid trade. The Captive Primate Safety Act, approved by the House of Representatives in the wake of Travis’s attack, is now awaiting a vote in the Senate. It would prohibit the interstate transport of primates and should be swiftly approved...
...given that it takes years for companies to see a return on their investments in major infrastructure projects, Jakarta will have to act quickly and create an investment climate that makes the country more attractive than others in the region, particularly during these times of crisis. "Select projects will get interest from investors in Japan and Taiwan but it won't be as easy as when liquidity was more available so incentives are needed," adds Uno, one of the country's most successful young businessmen. "It is high time for the government to take the lead...
...scandal of India's political class after he called for, among many things, the hands of Muslims to be cut off if they are raised against Hindus, their throats to be slashed, their population to be culled by strict birth control. His words triggered India's stringent National Security Act, and for days the young Gandhi was a fugitive from the law. The episode has highlighted the ugly feud that has split India's historic First Family for years...