Walt Williams/The State Journal (WV)/ June 14, 2010

Motorists driving east towards Charleston on Interstate 64 are greeted by what many would view as an unwelcome sight: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s face plastered on a billboard.

The eye-catching advertisement, along with a similar one along the West Virginia Turnpike near the exit 45 rest stop, tells passersby that Iran is reaping millions of dollars in oil profits every day Congress delays passage of a proposed Senate energy bill, the American Power Act.

It also tells them they can learn more at the website PasstheAmericanPowerAct.com.

The American Power Act is one of two energy bills before Congress that, among other provisions, would limit carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants. Both bills are currently stalled, and both are the middle of a public relations tug-of-war between interest groups that want to either see the legislation passed or defeated.

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