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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Democratic package of energy bills will bring independence from foreign oil and help fight global warming. But Republicans want more energy production and some Democrats are unhappy that the bill does nothing to increas

An energy bill before Congress could dramatically shift the U.S. toward efficiency and cleaner fuels. Or, it could do very little to reduce imported oil and global warming pollution. Living on Earth’s Washington correspondent Jeff Young tells us it all depends on the long hot summer of energy debate.