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Battle lines are drawn in Congress over clean coal and natural gas energy

Posted Sep 7th 2009 3:00PM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Industry, Politics, Commodities

Right now coal is still king. Coal provides 50% of the electricity production for the U.S. while natural gas provides about 20% of that production.

Now, however, with an energy bill in Congress, the battle lines are being drawn between the coal and natural gas companies. Each side is marshaling an army of lobbyists to descend upon Congress. Each side will make pitches to Congress to gain favor for their companies.

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