Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process

New York Times by Edmund L. Andrews | May. 29, 2007 (News Report)

Even as Congressional leaders draft legislation to reduce greenhouse gases linked to global warming, a powerful roster of Democrats and Republicans is pushing to subsidize coal as the king of alternative fuels. Full Story »

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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

A well-written and comprehensive article. It's 'deja vu' all over again--trying to get gas and oil out of rocks. Twice before when everyone tried to do it, lots people, companies, and towns throughout the West went broke. And this time it looks like it going to cost even tons more to create even tons more pollution.