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Brian Merchant
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Brian Merchant is a freelance writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. He covers politics for TreeHugger, with a focus on climate and energy issues. Brian has written for Slate, Paste, Salon, GOOD, and the Huffington Post, among many others. He pens the column Getting Samy Out of Burma, and is the editor and founder of the blog the Utopianist.

Brian Merchant can be reached at brianmerchant (at) treehugger (dot) com. Website: brianmerchant.com.

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The Greedy Bastards Antidote to Rigged Energy

58 Comments | Posted February 7, 2012 | 10:46 AM

Cross-posted with Dylanratigan.com

For decades now, fossil fuel company executives and D.C. politicians have worked together to ensure that coal and oil prices stay low enough to keep the American people hooked. In his new book Greedy Bastards, Dylan Ratigan explains how "vampire industries" like oil...

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