Subsidized to the End: Not Even Corporate Welfare Can Save Big Coal

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By Ben JerveyMar 25, 2016, 2:11 pm147 pts
This year, two energy companies that have each received billions of dollars in subsidies and financial support from the federal government are going into bankruptcy. You might think, in this post-Solyndra political environment, that conservative commentators and politicians would be lining up at the Fox News…

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