Collins votes for anti-environmental energy commissioner

Maine Beacon -U.S. Senator Susan Collins voted in line with her Republican colleagues to confirm Bernard McNamee to be commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last week, even after a video surfaced showing McNamee advocating for the continued use of fossil fuels over renewable energy and criticizing environmental groups. Citing McNamee’s bias towards fossil fuels, independent Sens. Angus King and Bernie Sanders and Senate Democrats voted on Dec. 6 against McNamee’s appointment to lead the agency that oversees U.S. electricity markets.