The following news summary is from "Grist Magazine". Click on link for
entire article. Jack Eastman


THE WISDOM OF CHAIRMAN WOW
A Democratic U.S. Senate will pose a big challenge to President
Bush's energy plan.  When Sen. James Jeffords (R-Vt.) formally leaves
the GOP in a week or so, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), who opposes
drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and wants
more money spent on energy efficiency and renewable energy sources,
will take over the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee from
Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska), a close friend of the oil industry.
Meanwhile, Jeffords, who will reportedly chair the Senate Environment
and Public Works Committee, is cosponsor of a bill to regulate carbon
dioxide emissions from power plants.  Howard Gruenspecht, a scholar
at the Resources for the Future think tank, said the switch in
leadership means "climate change comes back."

straight to the source:  New York Times, Robin Toner, 25 May 2001
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/25/politics/25AGEN.html>

straight to the source:  Boston Globe, Robert Schlesinger, 25 May 2001
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/145/nation/Move_gives_Democrats_mor
e_muscle_on_environment-.shtml>

straight to the source:  Washington Post, Peter Behr, 25 May 2001
<http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A73410-2001May24.html>

catch it only in Grist Magazine:  A White House fuel-economy strategy
-- a cartoon by Suzy Becker
<http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/ha/ha052201.stm?source=daily>

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