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Article: United States: Colorado natural-gas supporters prepare for legislative blitz.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- August 17, 2009
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Byline: manish03
The natural-gas industry after failing to lobby on the energy-climate bill passed by the House has amassed an $80 million war chest to ensure it gets a piece of the legislation in the Senate.
"The natural-gas industry wasn't at the table," said Josh Dorner, a spokesman for the Sierra Club, an environmental group that lobbied heavily on the bill. "And if you aren't at the table, you're on the menu."
The 1,428-page bill holds something for every key industry coal, utilities, autos, wind and solar but nothing for natural gas.
"The natural-gas industry was done in by its own complacency," said Keith Rattie, chief executive ...