[lbo-talk] yay!

[Chuck Grimes]

``The U.S. Energy Information Administration's own analysis states that:
[A]ccess to the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf regions would not
have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas
production or prices before 2030...'' NYT

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There is an interview with a photojournalist who documents the struggles
in West Virginia trying to stop Massey Energy from destroying
Applalachia and generating vast quantities of toxic waste for coal
production. Go here:

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/31/we_are_tearing_down_our_mountains 

(For news junkies, also worth watching is the first segment with Al
Jazeera Chief Wadah Khanfar:

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/31/al_jazeera_chief_wadah_khanfar_on

Getting back to the US energy policy, what seems to be emerging is a
series of policies that George Bush would have pushed, if he hadn't
gotten war fever and gotten bogged down in foreign policy outrages. 

Obama a few weeks ago called for a re-start of nuclear power plant
development. This week it's oil leases for off shore drilling. And, soon
it will be more talk on the need for pushing clean coal.

CG