"The RFS program requires major American refiners, blenders and importers to use a minimum volume of renewable fuel each year between 2007 and 2012. The minimum level or "standard" which is determined as a percentage of the total volume of fuel a company produces or imports will increase every year"

For 2007, 4.02%, roughly 4.7 billion gallons, will have to come from renewable sources. You can read all about it at www.greencarcongress.com

Washington is offering billions in incentives to get utility companies to build a new wave of nuclear reactors (30+) to meet growing energy demands. Utility companies are lining up for the subsidies, but investors and consumers are weary.

Also of interest in the Nuclear Power News, is an interesting article from TCS Daily. The author analyzes the the recent Supreme Court ruling on Massachusetts v. EPA, as much deeper than a win for environmentalists. He says, "Indeed, though the scope of Mass v. EPA was confined only to automobile emissions, the case was considered a stalking horse for regulating all greenhouse gas emissions." He goes on to say that the big winner in the ruling was Nuclear Power, a "clean" reliable source of power on a massive scale. (thoughts of the author). Read all about it by clicking on the above hypertext "article".