Stop Obama's dirty coal to liquid technology plan

Barack Obama claims to support stopping global warming, so why is he supporting dirty coal to liquid technology that would actually increase carbon emissions? According to MoveOn:

In the next few weeks, Congress could vote to DOUBLE the amount of greenhouse gases America produces from our cars and planes.1
It's the greatest single threat to solving the climate crisis in a decade.

It sounds crazy. But Congress is rushing through a package that could lock us into liquid coal as our country's new energy source for transportation. For every mile driven, coal-based fuels produce as much as twice as many greenhouse gases as petroleum.2 That means even a Prius would drive like a Hummer.

So why did Obama introduce this bill? Can you sign MoveOn's petition to stop it in its tracks?


Please also sign this petition from Chesapeake Climate Action Network on the same issue.

UPDATE:

Here's a video of Al Gore talking about this issue: