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...economy-killing energy tax - one member even called for a moment of silence for the Americans who would lose their jobs because of the bill - and some left-wing environmental groups, including Greenpeace, withdrew their support because they believed the bill's compromises made it far too weak. (See TIME's photos of ways to boost energy efficiency...
...National Domestic Violence Hotline, she became an ardent activist for the Cancer Society. She put the news of her condition, and the remains of her celebrity, to worthy use. O'Neal hoped she would finally marry him, and she agreed, but at the end, she was too weak for the ceremony to be performed. A Catholic priest performed last rites a few hours before her death this morning in Santa Monica, Calif. O'Neal was with...
...Energy Institute and, tacitly, Wall Street, which will benefit from the creation of a massive new energy-trading market. The majority of environmental groups support the bill, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the League of Conservation Voters, even if some groups feel that the measure is too weak. When Waxman announced the agreement in a press conference Wednesday, about 30 supporters wearing T shirts and carrying placards that read MAKE OUR ENERGY CLEAN, MAKE IT AMERICAN stood behind him. Still, the support of their groups remains tenuous. "It's not a perfect bill and we're concerned that...
...energy mix by 2025, we're a long way from that goal (less than 3% of our power comes from non-hydro renewables), and there's growing doubt that even Obama's greener policies can bring us there. The cap-and-trade bill circulating in Congress contains a weak renewable-energy standard -just 20% of U.S. electricity would need to come from renewables by 2020, but that allows for nuclear power, and many utilities would be allowed to escape the requirement altogether. "We're off to a slow start," says Peter Duprey, CEO of Acciona Energy North America, which operates...
...Became Iran's Supreme Leader in 1989. In the view of most experts, his appointment - by Iran's Assembly of Experts - is attributable to the strength of his relationship with Khomeini rather than his religious credentials, which, among the upper echelon of Iran's clergy, are viewed as comparatively weak...