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Akbayan  Confronts Secretary Almendras over DOE’s Commitment to Coal A sharp exchange between Akbayan Representative Walden Bello and Department of Energy Secretary Rene Almendras marked a pre-plenary budget hearing on Sept. 7. DOE Still behind Aboitiz Coal-fired Plant The bone of contention was the administration’s position on coal-fired power plants.  Bello asked Almendras if the DOE was still supporting the