Who's Got the Power? Urge Energy Companies to Make Better Choices

Why is Alabama spending more money, per person, to import coal than any other state in the country - with $1.8 billion going out of state, and one-third of that to Columbia in 2008? Why did Texas import more coal than any other state, spending $1.9 billion in 2008 - when they have the ability up to generate up 17 times the needed power from local renewable resources?

Why is New York state importing coal from as far away as Venezuela? Georgia - the most heavily dependent on imported coal - spent $2.6 billion importing it - which is 540 times what the state spent on energy effeciency programs, and while sending massive amounts of bio-mass to Europe for energy production there?

Does this make sense? Of course not. Uh, it could have something to do with campaign contributions by uh, the coal industry. Do you think? Take the fascinating and informative quiz from the Union of Concerned Scientists to find out who’s got the power, and why it’s not being used.

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