http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2009/04/28/wonkline-april-28-2009 en-us 40 Science Policy Legislation Action <p><i>From the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/04/28/wonk-042809/">Wonk Room</a>.</i></p> <p>Although Interior Secretary Ken Salazar made it clear he &#8220;<a href='http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2009/04/27/did-you-hear-ken-salazar-likes-coal/'>likes coal</a>,&#8221; the Interior Department &#8220;said on Monday it will try to <a href=',http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE53Q57820090428'>overturn a Bush administration rule</a> that made it easier for coal mining companies to dump mountaintop debris into valley streams.&#8221;</p> <p>As <a href='http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/27/arctic-carbon-dioxide-levels'>Arctic carbon dioxide levels</a> are growing at an &#8220;unprecedented rate,&#8221; an &#8220;area of an Antarctic ice shelf almost the size of New York City has <a href='http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE53R27V20090428'>broken into icebergs</a> this month.&#8221;</p> <p>Speaking about the Waxman-Markey clean energy bill, Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) called for <a href='http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/print/2009/04/28/2'>free pollution permits</a> to petroleum refiners and Rep. G. K. Butterfield called for free pollution permits to electric distribution companies. These companies have given <a href='http://www.eenews.net/EEDaily/print/2009/04/28/4'>more than $375,000 to energy committee members</a> in the first three months of 2009.</p> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:01:00 -0400 urn:uuid:8cb17ef2-dda2-457f-8356-95100e986908 Wonk Room http://www.hillheat.com/articles/2009/04/28/wonkline-april-28-2009 Science Policy Legislation mountaintop removal Butterfield Waxman-Markey refining ice Arctic coal