Rather than bowing to special interests, a comprehensive climate and energy bill should instead be an honest effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, invest in the low-carbon economy, and improve America’s energy security. Natural gas producers should recognize the Kerry-Graham-Lieberman bill as an opportunity to benefit from the environmental advantages that gas offers over coal and oil. Shoe-horning superfluous language into such a bill would exacerbate environmentalists’ complaints about industry’s lack of transparency and oversight.
Sa halip na yumukod sa mga espesyal na interes, ang isang komprehensibong klima at enerhiya bill sa halip ay dapat maging isang matapat na pagsisikap na bawasan ang greenhouse gas emissions, mamuhunan sa mababang carbon ekonomiya, at mapabuti ang seguridad ng enerhiya ng America. Dapat kilalanin ng Natural gas producer ang Kerry-Graham-Lieberman bill bilang isang pagkakataon upang makinabang mula sa mga pakinabang sa kapaligiran na gas ay nag-aalok ng higit sa karbon at langis. Sapatos-horning kalabisan wika sa tulad ng isang bayarin ay palalain reklamo environmentalists 'tungkol sa kakulangan ng industriya ng transparency at pangangasiwa.