Two months ago, the Democratic National Committee passed a specific ban on candidates accepting donations from fossil fuel companies.  "Fossil fuel corporations are drowning our democracy in a tidal wave of dark oily money; they have deceived the public about the impacts of climate change, fought the growth of clean renewable energy, and corrupted our political system," the resolution read. That noise you hear is the sound of global warming hysteric's heads exploding.  I guess that dark, oily money was just too hard to resist. Washington Free Beacon: But HuffPost reported Friday that the DNC was already considering lifting the ban, with a vote scheduled Friday afternoon. Introduced by DNC chairman Tom Perez, the resolution frames the decision as a means to empower workers in the fossil fuel industry, saying the DNC will accept "the longstanding and generous contributions of workers, including those in energy...(Read Full Post)