American: United States Senate Vote On Coal-to-Liquid
The United States Senate has voted on Coal-to-Liquid amendments. These are amendments to the Senate version of the Clean Energy Act of 2007. The purpose of the amendments is to help reduce America's dependency on foreign oil imports.
By investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, the United States is also helping spur on the promotion of new emerging energy technologies, and help in developing greater energy efficiency. The Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve was also created to invest in alternative energy.
Unfortunately, both amendments failed to pass the Senate vote.
Garry L. Anselmo Silverado Green Fuel Inc. CEO says, "On the surface, this may seem like a blow to the coal-to-liquids technology and industry, While we would have preferred the Senate to deal with the issue during the debate on the Clean Energy Act of 2007, our Capitol Hill sources have told us that the leadership in both the Senate and House do not want to bring up the coal-to-liquids issue as an attachment to the legislation. Several Congressmen and Senators have assured the American public that the issue of coal-to-liquids will be brought up as a separate issue and receive the full and fair debate it deserves."
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