Ed Whitfield: “Those of us who disagree with him on this issue do not deny climate change. We simply suggest that his priorities are…”

It is critically important that the Federal Government maintains its leadership role of promoting, encouraging, and enticing interested stakeholders.

I want clean air. I want clean water. But I don't want an organized attack on the energy-producing sector of America because of, to use Mr. McNerney's term, a political decision to go after hydrocarbons.

As I see it, the RFS was enacted largely for three reasons--to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, to lower greenhouse gas emissions, and to strengthen rural economies.

Amen. I was just in China and we saw their reports in the local press. They're building new power plants they know they don't need. They just want the jobs, more coal emissions. So, again, it's a global challenge. It's not just America's…