IP: Taxpayer support for the oil/gas/coal industry

[David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>]

Got to say he is honest at least in saying it. Djf
-----Original Message-----
From: gep2 () terabites com
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 15:04:09 
To: dallasdemocrats () egroups com, HomeOfTheBrave () yahoogroups com,
   dave () farber net
Subject: Taxpayer support for the oil/gas/coal industry

Isn't it nice to know that your government is spending your taxpayer dollars to 
subsidize energy producers?


forwarded from the DENlines list:

[quote]

5. FRIEND IN HIGH PLACES: Another administration official kowtowing 
     to fossil-fuel industry 

Mike Smith, the new assistant secretary for fossil fuels at the U.S. 
Department of Energy, didn't take office until Monday, but he has 
already told where his loyalties will lie. In a speech to the 
Independent Oil and Gas Association last week in Charleston, W.Va., 
he said that he would "work to ensure that the oil, natural gas and 
coal industry's interests are heeded in Washington," the Charleston 
Gazette reported. "The biggest challenge is going to be how to best 
utilize taxpayer dollars to the benefit of industry, in my opinion," 
Smith said.

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