House Republicans Write Fossil Fuel Love Letter — Harmful “Domestic Energy and Jobs Act”

June 13th, 2012 by Zachary Shahan

And the beat goes on — below is another great piece on the simple fact that current Republican leaders in Congress actually do try to “pick winners and losers” by doing everything they can to subsidize rich fossil fuel industries while attacking clean energy and energy efficiency programs. One quick question before the repost though — how the heck are these guys in office?! Oh yeah, because they use buzzwords many voters like and emit lies like coal power plants emit greenhouse gases and other pollution, and too many people don’t check the facts.

Here’s the DeSmog Blog story by Farron Cousins:

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House Republicans Go All In With Dirty Energy Industry Bonanza Legislation (via Desmogblog)

The dirty energy industry might experience Christmas in June if House Republicans have their way. Earlier this month, members of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) unveiled a “package” of legislation that includes numerous bills that would give the industry everything that they’ve dreamt of…

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Tags: domestic energy and jobs act, EPA, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, GOP, quickies, Republicans

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