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	<title><![CDATA[Renewable Energy: Make Conservatives Filibuster]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-scher/renewable-energy-make-con_b_52254.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>A majority of the Senate supports adding a provision to the Senate energy bill now under consideration, requiring that <a href="http://democrats.senate.gov/energy/factsheets/061207_renewable.cfm">15% of our nation's electricity come from renewable energy sources</a> by 2020 -- an <a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4890474.html">increase from the current 2.4%</a>, and a significant step, if only a step, towards building a clean energy future.</p>

<p>But Senate conservatives are blocking its passage with a filibuster, as the provision lacks the support of 60 senators needed to overcome the procedural tactic.</p>

<p>Well, that's not...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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