Legacy energy source. Senator udall of new mexico and i have an amendment that will close a loophole in federal Energy Policy. I want my colleagues to know, and i think they do, of my long support for renewable and alternative sources of energy and so i agree with the aims of the murkowskimachin murkowskiy bill. The amendment that senator udall and i have introduced is the same as the bipartisan bill we introduced last week. The title of that bill is the fair return for public lands act. Mr. Grassley this bill was introduced 100 years to the date of the mineral leasing act of 1920. This amendment would increase the royalty rates on federal lands from 12. 5 to 18. 75 . Everybody here knows that a royalty is what the oil company will pay to a mineral owner. In this case the mineral owner is the american taxpayer, and that royalty is paid for the right to extract oil and natural gas from the lands of the United States. The legislation modernizes the public lands leasing system and it does
Lots of sunshine and clear skies. There is a mild front to the west and this thing does not pack anything. Some showers around chicago now but they are fizzling out as we speak. By this time this thing arrives here there may be a few clouds and thats it. We are in great shape through the day. Crap the sunglasses. See to the south were mostly green. 77 and us 30 no problems. Im tracking some slow traffic a micro delay on 77 south into 76. Its about a two minute delay so nothing to frustrate you. In the north were all green. Those who travel 71 and 480 near the airport here is the picture. Drive thompson 71 which in the turnpike and strongsville 13 minutes and 14 minutes south. Ahmad rahami has been charged with five counts of attempted murder. He was arrested after a gun fight with officers. After a series of bombings in w his father spoke at saying he had no idea about his sons actions and his heart is heavy. The bombings are considered an act of terror but they believe it is a lone wo
Possible today and cannot rule it out. But notice a lot of it is trending south as far as opportunities today. Will end up low to mid 80s similar to yesterday and muggy. Keeping the chance of a shower and i have south in parentheses because of the trend so far thats what weve been seeing but were close to 80 at lunchtime. 84 for the high. The rain has many been well to the south of cleveland. Many of you are waking up dry. As we zoom in closer you will see some areas that are being impacted by these showers. It is just rain and not storms but through canton and stark county and general we have some light rain now. Even some scattered showers around wooster the dew points are still sticky. We had a few sprinkles of showers as i was driving in this morning. Were here at neo cycle and they have a big event coming up this weekend. The roads are not impacted by the showers popping up. Were all green in most places. 480 in brooklyn the on ramps to the westbound lanes will be closed all weeke
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