by Bill Becker -
Aug 1st, 2008 
Do the 535 elected leaders in the United States Congress have what it takes to help America solve its energy and climate crises?
Apparently not. Congress flunked a crucial test on climate change earlier this year when the Senate failed to bring a cap-and-trade bill to a vote. The House hasn’t even brought a bill to the floor.
Another crucial test took place this week on a proposal to extend tax incentives for renewable energy industries. The incentives are critical to the rapid development of wind and solar systems in the United States, technologies that are essential to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. But the US Senate failed to pass a key procedural vote on the incentives for the fourth time this summer, shelving the bill again. Unless Congress votes to extend them, the incentives will expire at the end of the year.
How much science does it take; how many droughts, wildfires and natural disasters; how many energy crises; how many entreaties from world leaders before Congress does the right thing?
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