Switch to Desktop Site  Critiques of House energy bill  Most
environmental groups applaud, but the legislation's requirement
for renewable sources of electricity is one main point of
contention.  About these ads  One way or another, US energy
policy affects climate issues. Through government restrictions
or subsidies, fossil fuels and the greenhouse gases they produce
will rise or fall depending on what Washington lawmakers do
about energy for power production and transportation.  Before it
skedaddled for its August break, the US House "approved $16
billion in taxes on oil companies, while providing billions of
dollars in tax breaks and incentives for renewable energy and
conservation efforts," reports the Associated Press.  "The bill
would repeal for oil companies a tax break given in 2004 to help
domestic manufacturers compete against foreign companies, and
another tax break pertaining to income from foreign oil
production. The ... bill also includes an array of loan
guarantees, ... grants and tax breaks fo