"The chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is casting doubt on prospects for President Obama's proposed "clean energy" standard that would require utilities to source a certain percentage of their electricity from renewable sources by 2035.

New Mexico Democrat Sen. Jeff Bingaman also said a bill headed to the Senate floor this week that would ax tax breaks for the largest oil companies is certain to fail."

Katie Howell reports for Greenwire May 16, 2011. [2]