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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 2005
Page
3
A new requirement seeks mandatory reliability standards for the electric grid, outlining minimum performance targets and enforcement mechanisms. The measure emphasizes system-wide resilience, clear penalties for noncompliance, and ongoing reporting by utilities to state regulators.
Insurgents shot down a Russian Mi-8 carrying 11 civilians, including six Blackwater security guards for U S diplomats, 12 miles north of Baghdad. One Bulgarian crew member reportedly captured and killed. two Fiji guards aboard. The incident marks possibly the first civilian aircraft downed in Iraq since the invasion. The video claims execution of the captured crewman, though authenticity remains unconfirmed.
The House passed a broad energy bill expanding oil drilling in an Alaska refuge and shielding ethanol and additive makers from lawsuits while directing over 12 billion in tax breaks to energy firms. It includes a deep-water Gulf subsidy and a push for corn ethanol, daylight saving extension, and home energy upgrades. President Bush called it an important step, though critics warn it benefits energy interests over consumers.
Rep. Jim Leach, lone Iowa vote against a White House energy bill, says it does little to curb oil demand. The measure would boost ethanol production from 4 to 5 billion gallons, approve Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling, and shield MTBE-related liability, while other GOP lawmakers back higher fuel economy standards and MTBE cleanup.
Congress approved about 81 billion for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan and for Pentagon and State Department needs through Sept. 30. The measure, similar in Senate and House versions, would push total war costs past 300 billion, with disputes over military vs reconstruction funds and broader policy questions.
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