Environmentalists Cautious About "New Era" of Energy Reform

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As the Senate leaves on a five week recess, a bipartisan group of ten senators came forward Friday morning with a proposal to both decrease foreign dependence on oil and create new incentives for renewable energy.  Evenly divided between parties, the group includes mainly rural states, including the Dakotas as well as Georgia, Arkansas and South Carolina. But environmental groups are hesitant to jump to offshore drilling as a part of a plan for a "new era" in energy reform.  Katharine Jarmul has more.

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