BUDGET FIGHTS EXPECTED OVER RESEARCH FOR RENEWABLES, HYDROGEN

Industry sources expect the Bush administration to spark major fights over renewable energy funding when it releases the fiscal year 2007 budget in the next few weeks, with the administration likely to propose sharp cuts to funds for research on some renewable energy sources. At the same time, other industry groups and members of Congress are pressing the administration to increase funding for hydrogen and fuel cell initiatives that President Bush has touted in the past -- possibly setting up...