Energy Independence Day

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An energy bill before Congress could dramatically shift the U.S. toward efficiency and cleaner fuels. Or, it could do very little to reduce imported oil and global warming pollution. Living on Earth’s Washington correspondent Jeff Young tells us it all depends on the long hot summer of energy debate.

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