WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers scaled back support for energy conservation and efficiency programs as part of a $11.5 billion tax package expected to be added Wednesday to a sweeping energy bill that Congress hopes to complete this week.
Who needs conservation and effeciency in energy when there's so much of it endlessly available??
The bill would provide more than $4 billion in tax breaks and direct royalty relief for the oil and gas industries and an equal amount for the coal industry, while providing loan guarantees and other subsidies for the nuclear industry to build new reactors.
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