What a surprise......

Read My Lips: A Look at Coal Mining Industry Contributions to Bush and the GOP

After weeks of lukewarm praise from environmental groups, President Bush today came under fire for reversing a campaign pledge to regulate power plants' emissions of carbon dioxide -- a decision that stands to benefit major contributors to Bush's presidential campaign and the Republican Party....

Yesterday's decision was a major victory for the coal mining industry and its allies in Congress, who for years have fought against proposals to regulate such emissions under the Clean Air Act.

During the 1999-2000 election cycle, the coal mining industry contributed more than $3.8 million in soft money, PAC and individual contributions to federal parties and candidates, with the dollars going almost entirely to Republicans. That's more than three times what the industry gave during 1995-96, the last presidential election cycle.

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