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...which is an unusual claim for a guy in the energy business. Then again, Kelly is the CEO of Green Mountain Energy, "the nation's largest retailer of cleaner and renewable energy." And with all the talk from George W. Bush and Dick Cheney about upping domestic production of coal and oil power and taking a "fresh look" at nuclear power - the three kinds of energy Green Mountain vows never to peddle - the report doesn't have many encouraging words anyway...
...moment, forget about conservation. And renewable energy. As George W. Bush gets ready to raise the curtain on his vice president's more-oil, more-coal, more-nukes long-term energy plan Thursday, he's left the Democrats a political opening bigger and juicier than any environmental outcry: Gas and electricity prices this summer...
...coal industry is busily helping the Administration make its case. The National Mining Association brought in as its president Jack Gerard, a well-known Republican lobbyist and former Senate aide with easy access to the new White House. A coalition of mining companies, coal transporters and electricity producers known as Americans for Balanced Energy Choices is funding a $10 million ad blitz to improve coal's image. Another group, called the Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Energy, or CARE, is focused on Washington policymakers, plastering pro-coal posters on the capital's subway system...
...Coal isn't the only winner. The Cheney task force is nearing approval of other proposals that have the energy industry humming...
...should do the job. Democrats in Congress, which must approve many of the panel's ideas, are relishing the opportunity to brand Bush as an environmental rogue. Beyond that, there's the NIMBY problem. California might be going dark, but would Republicans living in Santa Barbara approve a new coal-burning or nuclear plant in their backyard? Would anyone...