Senate Democrats went on the attack yesterday, releasing an energy
bill that focuses on conserving energy and boosting renewable fuels,
rather than on drilling for more oil and natural gas.  Senate
Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) said the U.S. "cannot drill our
way out of this problem" and accused President Bush of using the
country's energy problems to justify "an all-out assault on the
environment."  Like the GOP energy package introduced last month, the
Democratic alternative would expand domestic energy production.  But
tax incentives to promote energy efficiency and wind and solar power
lie at the heart of the Democratic bill, which also includes a
provision to force the auto industry to develop more fuel-efficient
light trucks and SUVs by 2008.

straight to the source:  New York Times, Lizette Alvarez, 23 Mar 2001
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/23/politics/23ENER.html>

straight to the source:  San Francisco Chronicle, Associated Press,
H. Josef Hebert, 22 Mar 2001
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/03/
22/state1222EST0163.DTL>

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