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The sweet royalty deals Mr. Leonard refers to happened in the Clinton Interior Department, not the Bush one. As has been reported extensively over the last few months, it would appear to be an honest mistake, but one of stunning incompetence. The Bush Interior Department was made aware of the mistake and did nothing, certainly giving them more than their fair share of culpability, but they did not initiate it. I am no friend of Bush, quite the opposite, but this story deserves to be told the right way because it is one that reveals how important it is to have competent, attentive people in positions within our government.
That said, no matter how it happened, this is a good day for renewable energy policy in the US, and that's worth celebrating.
