You know the politics of energy are changing in the United States when the senior senator from the oil-soaked state of Louisiana publicly admits that the oil era is passing and "the transition to clean renewable energy [must] begin immediately." So said Democrat Mary Landrieu, responding to President Obama's Oval Office speech of June 15. Landrieu's words are remarkable, considering her long record of devotion to the oil industry. Like her state's junior senator, Republican David Vitter,...
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