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Energy Bill May Lack Steam to Reach Bush

by John Fialka, June 6, 2005 After failing to pass an energy bill for years, Congress is positioned to send one to President Bush, but the legislation could be derailed before ever reaching the White House. Proposals for expanding offshore drilling and ethanol mandates are among potential “deal killers” — measures that could be inserted when the full Senate takes up the bill this month or that could block agreement between the more Republican-dominated House and the more consensus-oriented Senate. The House passed a version in April, and in a rare outbreak of bipartisanship, the Senate Energy Committee approved its bill in May. At a news conference last week, Mr. Bush named the energy bill first when listing his domestic priorities. With compromise uncertain, the bill’s fate could hinge on developments outside the energy-policy debate. If the price of gasoline steams toward $3 a gallon during the summer driving season, lawmakers will feel heat from voters to pass a bill. If the current dtente between Senate Democrats and Republicans over judicial nominees breaks down, the energy bill will become the first target of renewed delaying tactics. “It going to be difficult, but doable,” says Clay Sell, the newly installed deputy […]

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Dynetek Named One of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies

Dynetek Industries Ltd. (DNK: TO)), based in Calgary, Canada, and developer of lightweight compressed hydrogen storage cylinders, has been named one of the companies in the 17th annual PROFIT 100 ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies by PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success. PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success, offers news, strategies, tips, interviews and other resources to entrepreneurs leading Canada’s fastest- growing companies. Each year PROFIT – which currently reaches more than 400,000 readers nationally – hosts a number of events that bring together business leaders in the fast-growth segment and champions the interests of those leaders. PROFIT was founded in April 1982 as Canada’s first national magazine geared to entrepreneurs. Visit PROFITguide.com. Dynetek Industries Ltd. designs, produces and markets one of the lightest and most advanced fuel storage and refueling systems for compressed natural gas, low emission vehicles and compressed hydrogen, zero-emission fuel cell vehicles. Dynetek is recognized around the world for its solutions-of-choice to the alternate fuel vehicle sector, evidenced by strategic relationships with major manufacturers around the globe.

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