No Country for Oil Men

In March, Henry A. Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Edward J. Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee unleashed an 800 lb angry gorilla on the energy industry. The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES), intended to plot the US and the world on a course towards cleaner energy, has incubated over the last few months, passed the House of Representatives in June and is now Senate bound. Approval of this Act will have long-lasting negative effects on the American public and industry at large. Download here