Environmental Outlook: Oil Subsidies and the Future of U.S. Energy Policy

President Barack Obama is calling for an end to tax breaks for oil companies to help finance clean-energy research projects. As part of an Environmental Outlook series on the Diane Rehm show, she looks at the big business of oil subsidies and their role in U.S energy policy.

Guests
Kate Gordon: Vice-President for Energy Policy at the Center for American Progress
Jack Coleman: The Managing partner at EnergyNorthAmerica, LLC and a former federal lawyer for energy policy issues
Amy Harder: Reports on energy and the environment for "The National Journal."
 

Click here to listen to an NPR podcast on the use of fossil fuel subsidies in the future of the U.S. energy policy.