It's official. Big business owns 'Energy Independence.'
First, it's ethanol - a slap in the face to anyone who takes global warming seriously. Ethanol is a gift to Archer Daniels Midland - the Exxon of corn.
Now the coal industry wants to feed at the 'energy independence' trough:
WASHINGTON, May 28 — 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.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
The Democratic controlled congress is a big improvement, but from the war in Iraq to global warming all I can say is NOT GOOD ENOUGH.