The 50-49 party line vote shows the great controversy that
surrounds McNamee, who has worked for pro-fossil fuel think thanks and has made
hyperbolic negative statements about renewable energy.
Only one day after Cincinnati became
the 100th U.S. city to commit to 100% renewable energy, the U.S. Senate
confirmed Bernard McNamee as the third Republican on the Federal Energy
Regulatory Committee (FERC).
