Ed Andrews has a very nice piece on efforts by the coal industry to win subsidies for coal liquification. The point is that increased use of coal can make the U.S. more energy independent, but it would also lead to substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions.

–Dean Baker

Dean Baker is senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He is the author of several books, including Rigged: How Globalization and the Rules of the Modern Economy Were Structured to Make the Rich Richer. Read more about Dean.