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...Reid faces an uphill battle. "Nobody wants the waste," explains Alaska Senator Frank Murkowski, the senior Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The 31 states that have nuclear power plants are not about to stand with Nevada--who wants radioactive garbage piling up in their backyard? Even some Nevada politicians realize that. "I can read the writing on the wall," says Nevada state senator Bill O'Donnell. "We're going to get the waste." O'Donnell believes Reid should negotiate with the Administration now so that Nevada would get something from the deal, such as a railroad through...
...Energy and Natural Resources GOP chair: Frank Murkowski, Alaska Democratic chair: Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Effect of change: Bingaman may force Bush to consider more conservation methods...
...long-term vision and the vulnerability they're feeling as summer driving season approaches. Bush's Energy Department is doing its part, insisting in its latest oil/gas forecast that "supplies are expected to improve and the chances that spot and retail prices will calm down are good." But Frank Murkowski, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, sent out a memo Wednesday listing six ideas which "will solve our energy problems in the short term...
...Republican bill is worth saving” such as “tax incentives for consumers to use renewable energy sources and buy energy-efficient cars and homes.” However, The Crimson ignores the fact that such proposals would require additional government spending. The proposal by Senator Murkowski which has been endorsed by President Bush and Energy Secretary Abraham would use the revenue generated by leasing the ANWR area to pay for those conservation proposals that would otherwise be difficult to fund...
...even talk about a comprehensive energy policy without concrete policies to reduce oil demand," said Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico, the ranking Democrat on Murkowski's committee. "We cannot produce our way to independence from foreign oil supplies...