U.S. bill provides for the exploration of oil at sea.
Maria Pena Washington, May 11 .- Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman tomorrow submit a draft bill on climate change and energy that, despite the oil accident in the Gulf of Mexico, supports the controversial exploration in deep water.
This follows from the text of the bill, 21 pages, which was leaked to reporters today on the eve of its presentation tomorrow at the Capitol.
The move, gods and heroes gold, comes at a time when Democrats and Republicans try to reconcile their positions on whether to continue oil exploration in deep water.
The reluctance of Democrats, including Sen. Bill Nelson (Florida) has increased following an accident in the Gulf of Mexico from April 20, in which the authorities have failed to control the spill of 5,000 barrels of oil for day.
Before, darkfall gold, the document was leaked, let Lieberman be glimpsed in an interview with the newspaper "The New York Times" that although the discharge raises concerns about energy production based on these explorations, there is also the need, for the sake of energy independence , to expand domestic oil production.
"Yes, shall contain provisions concerning oil exploration," said Lieberman, though he said that the, cheap aion kinah, measure will be subject to change depending on conditions on the ground and the report and recommendations to present the Home Secretary, Ken Salazar about the incident late of the month.
The document includes seven chapters in many measures for the generation of "clean energy" in the U.S., the oil exploration in deep waters under certain conditions, the reduction of toxic gases that contribute to global warming, and increased consumer protections and incentives for the use of energy-efficient products.
The initiative includes "significant new protections" for coastal states in the U.S., and allows these may voluntarily leave oil exploration projects in a perimeter of 120 kilometers from its shores.
Also, provides for a royalty or license fee of 37.5 percent for protection of coastal areas and their ecosystems, which could raise criticism from environmental groups who oppose extending the draft marine oil exploration.
The initiative establishes benchmarks in stages to reduce pollution that contributes to global warming.
To attract the support of entrepreneurship, Kerry and Lieberman measure includes subsidies for coal plants and nuclear energy.
The legislation establishes the payment of 2,000 million dollars annually for the coal industry, as an incentive for research and development of technologies to capture the carbon before it contaminates the atmosphere.
It is estimated that power plants operating on coal produces one third of the annual emissions of pollution generated by this material.
The measure provides aid for poor families to cover the costs of energy, and funds to establish academic and training programs for careers and jobs in the sector of clean energy. "
It also extends and doubles in ten years the credits for the purchase of certain types of vehicles that run on natural gas and weighing more than 3.85 tonnes.
Internationally, the initiative calls for the Government to establish a program of assistance to "developing countries more vulnerable, to protect and promote U.S. interests."
The measure will be presented tomorrow with two weeks late, after the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham drop negotiations by disputes over the timing of a possible debate on immigration reform.
I face fartoday critical of groups like the Competitive Enterprise Institute, an independent research center in Washington, which believes that this "hurts everyone except the special interests of big corporations."
"Environmentalists know that they will have a discernible impact on climate but reward companies with massive profits," complained Myron Ebell, a director of the Institute.
The action on climate change anyway will have to be subjected to debate and vote and then must be harmonized with that passed the House of Representatives last year.