More Back-Room Energy Deals

So, what is it with Republicans and energy policy? According to Grist's "Muckraker" column, Pete Domenici, chair of the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources committee, has closed out committee Democrats on reconciliation efforts with a House bill and is giving away the farm to line up votes for ANWR drilling? Which part of "ten years of work for six months worth of oil" do these folks not understand? ANWR is not just an environmental disaster in the making, but completely impractical.