Natural Gas Industry Cozies Up to Washington
11/14/12
 
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The government is going against market forces and investing in natural gas infrastructure at a time when many investors are steering clear.
from NCPA,
11/14/12:

The natural gas industry has been a bright spot in the sluggish economic growth. New methods for extracting natural gas have provided cheap sources of energy and an abundance of new jobs. However, the natural gas industry is using its position to get subsidies from the federal government, says Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center.

A bill introduced in Congress called the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act (NATGAS Act) would give subsidies to the natural gas by incentivizing many things …

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