Saturday, August 05, 2006

Political Commentary Through Images






Bush Energy Policy

One year ago, Congress finalized the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which is derived in large part from Cheney's 2001 energy task force recommendations. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 lavished $14.5 billion in tax breaks on energy firms, nearly 60 percent of which went to "oil, natural gas, coal, electric utilities and nuclear power ." Last week U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman joined Senator Pete Domenici, Congressman Joe Barton and representatives of the petroleum, coal, nuclear, natural gas, and electricity industries at the White House for a one-year 'celebration' of the energy bill's enactment.

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