The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear arguments about whether records from Vice President Cheney’s held-behind-closed-doors Energy Task Force are to be made public. Living on Earth’s Washington correspondent Jeff Young fills us in on the dispute and what’s at stake for energy policy and open government.
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