Obama emphasizes commitment to coal
Given that the United States sits on over a quarter of the world’s coal reserves, we obviously will not be abandoning this source of energy production anytime soon. Nonetheless, it was a little disheartening to see Barack Obama re-emphasize his commitment to coal in a series of campaign ads (including the YouTube clip above), in an apparent attempt to garner votes in the coal rich state of Kentucky. (Which he ultimately lost by a significant margin.)
We have praised Obama in the past for staying out of the McCain-Clinton gas tax pander. Unfortunately, he is still a politician and apparently has been trying to rally support from voters in the coal producing primary states, like Kentucky and West Virginia, as well as general election coal producing states, like Pennsylvania and Ohio. There is something about Obama being in favor of reducing greenhouse gas emissions so long as he doesn’t put the coal industry at risk, or alienate any voters, that doesn’t quite sit right.
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