April 5, 2010

Obama's Coal Problem

This article from MSNBC explores the challenges Obama and Congress face in dealing with the nations reliance on coal.

We can talk until we're blue in the face about offshore drilling, wind power, natural gas, and energy conservation ... but the short-term drift of history still dictates a heavy reliance on the dirtiest and deadliest of all fuels: coal.
The big question in the energy bill — if there is one — is how and whether Congress will ask the American people to pay for the cost of controlling the environmental consequences of that reliance.

Read the full article here.

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