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 By Jessica Resnick-Ault
   Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–U.S. lawmakers’ plans to formally limit greenhouse gas emissions from fuels may change the way refiners do business and, ultimately, alter the way Americans buy fuel.

The federal low-carbon fuel standard was unveiled in a draft climate bill published Tuesday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The draft bill – the American Clean Energy and Security Act – includes measures to curtail carbon emissions across the economy. The 600-page draft legislation proposes long-term cuts to carbon emissions, in line with targets that President Barack Obama has called for.

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   By Brian Baskin
   A DOW JONES NEWSWIRES COLUMN 

  NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–The U.S. nuclear power sector may have a few more years in the dark ages before its long-promised renaissance.

  Nuclear power’s image has improved as the prospect of emission-free power gradually overshadows concerns about accidents and storing waste.  President Barack Obama has said nuclear power will be part of any plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 80% by 2050.

  Yet nuclear power is still struggling to win unequivocal government and market support, even as developers prepare to break ground on the first new reactors since 1996. A new nuclear plant costs too much to compete with natural gas or coal. Opponents of the industry have successfully argued that nuclear is too mature a technology to receive new government incentives. Legislation aimed at building up alternatives to fossil fuels has largely left nuclear out in the cold. Some funds from the economic stimulus are also going to develop expensive and unproven technology to capture and store carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.

Full column:  http://www.djnewsplus.com/energy/article/SB123809083832817777.html?mod=C4&a=Emission+Critical&h=Nuclear+Sector+Lags+In+US+Energy+Policy+Shift