Seattle: In the midst of budget fights, rising petrol prices and tumult over nuclear power, Republicans in the US House of Representatives have launched an energy plan that all but ignores renewables.. The American Energy Initiative (AEI), announced by House Speaker John Boehner, prioritises controlling energy costs, creating jobs and securing the country's energy supplies..
Boehner says the AEI will embrace an "all-of-the-above strategy" - shorthand for the Republican Party position of exploiting energy sources from renewables to coal - but the few specifics that have emerged focus on oil and gas exploration and limiting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
