National Wildlife Federation NewsroomNational Wildlife NewsSenate Passes Bill to Reduce Oil Dependency- December 13, 2007 The U.S. Senate passed the amended Energy Bill this evening, 86-6."The Senate passed an energy bill that helps reduce America&146;s oil dependency and takes an important step toward reducing global warming pollution," says Larry Schweiger, President and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation. "Unfortunately, the bill does not close $13 billion worth of tax loopholes and subsidies for the oil industry and reinvest the money in clean and renewable energy technologies. Earlier in the day, 40...http://www.nwf.org/news/story.cfm?pageId=B1356F94-F1F6-7B10-32271B8DC94E1B1B |