GOP Group Criticizes Climate Bill
PITTSBURGH - A Republican Congressional group says the climate bill passed by the House will amount to a massive tax increase and must be defeated.
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., who is chairman of the House Republican Conference and the American Energy Solutions Group, says a cap and trade feature in which pollution permits could be traded on the open market won't work.
Instead, he favors a plan which he says would make America energy independent by developing domestic gas, coal and oil reserves; developing solar and wind projects, increasing conservation and using new technologies to store or use carbon dioxide.
Pence made the remarks during an energy summit in suburban Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Another summit will be held Wednesday in Indiana and Thursday in California.
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