Democratic leaders in Congress pledge to repeal subsidies to the oil industry. Living on Earth’s Jeff Young talks with the new chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Nick Rahall of West Virginia, who thinks the money now going to the oil industry should instead go toward turning coal into transportation fuel.
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