[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: House Republicans question DOD energy policy

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[For a while it appeared that the one place that President Obama's  
green energy policies would not generate opposition was at the  
Defense Department. That is no longer so. - LS]

Energy Hearing Takes Ugly Turn

Defense Communities 360
March 29, 2012

In a House hearing Thursday largely focused on the merits of the  
Defense Department’s efforts to develop alternative fuels, the  
military's campaign to acquire a greater share of its facility energy  
from renewable sources also came under fire.

Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), chairman of the House Armed Services'  
Readiness Subcommittee, scheduled the hearing, What is the Price of  
Energy Security: from Battlefields to Bases, to review DOD’s energy  
priorities. His opening statement said he supported the military’s  
initiatives to diversify its fuel supply, but also revealed that he  
had a number of questions about the Navy's proposed $70 million  
investment in biofuel.

"I have serious concerns about DOD investments that seek to advance  
markets and develop technologies that are not a core defense  
competency and may not demonstrate a reasonable rate of return,"  
according to his prepared statement.


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http://www.defensecommunities.org/headlines/energy-hearing-takes-ugly- 
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