Mexico Senate passes energy bill favoring state, fossil fuel
(WorldNews Mexico)

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico`s Senate passed an electrical energy bill that favors government-owned generating plants that largely run on fossil fuels Tuesday, putting renewable and private plants at the back of the line for purchasing power. The bill has drawn complaints from private business groups and U.S. investors, some of whom backed cleaner gas and renewable power plants in Mexico. Some analysts warn the measure could violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade pact. The Senate must still vote on some objections, but President Andr&eaigu;s Manuel López Obrador appeared to have the votes to push the bill through. It passed earlier in the lower house of Congress. The...