"I just wonder whether they really do understand the importance of coal, the fact the nation can't exist without it."
source: http://Coalwar.com
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“Jay wakes from his dream only to find that NO coal MEANS NO”
quilt patch from The Great American Energy Quilt Project 2010
Dedicated to Coal War Hero Josh Graupera, after a 9day siege at the Battle for Bee Tree Strip Mine fought bravely against Massey Energy. Coalwar.com
February 4th, 2010
Sen. Rockefeller Criticizes Obama Over Coal Policy
By DARREN SAMUELSOHN of Greenwire
West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D) lashed out at President Obama today for sending inconsistent messages about the future of coal.
Speaking at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Obama's fiscal 2011 budget request, Rockefeller took umbrage first with the administration's decision to eliminate four tax breaks for the industry.
"It's going to be partly psychological," Rockefeller told White House budget chief Peter Orszag. "People are going to reduce their production because they feel, 'Uh oh, here comes the Obama administration,' and they are going to cut out coal."
But Rockefeller said his concerns snowballed when he considered recent U.S. EPA decisions on mountaintop-removal coal mining and work on regulations to control greenhouse gas emissions across the economy. Given that, he said, he isn't sure he trusts the president's commitments to coal, even as Obama promotes the fossil fuel through a series of other administration actions.
"He says it in his speeches, but he doesn't say it in here," Rockefeller said, referring to the budget proposal. "He doesn't say it in the actions of [EPA Administrator] Lisa Jackson. And he doesn't say it in the minds of my own people. And he's beginning to not be believable to me. So I want you to put me at rest or put me away." (more)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/04/04greenwire-sen-rockefeller-criticizes-o...
quilt patch from The Great American Energy Quilt Project 2010
Dedicated to Coal War Hero Josh Graupera, after a 9day siege at the Battle for Bee Tree Strip Mine fought bravely against Massey Energy. Coalwar.com
February 4th, 2010
Sen. Rockefeller Criticizes Obama Over Coal Policy
By DARREN SAMUELSOHN of Greenwire
West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D) lashed out at President Obama today for sending inconsistent messages about the future of coal.
Speaking at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Obama's fiscal 2011 budget request, Rockefeller took umbrage first with the administration's decision to eliminate four tax breaks for the industry.
"It's going to be partly psychological," Rockefeller told White House budget chief Peter Orszag. "People are going to reduce their production because they feel, 'Uh oh, here comes the Obama administration,' and they are going to cut out coal."
But Rockefeller said his concerns snowballed when he considered recent U.S. EPA decisions on mountaintop-removal coal mining and work on regulations to control greenhouse gas emissions across the economy. Given that, he said, he isn't sure he trusts the president's commitments to coal, even as Obama promotes the fossil fuel through a series of other administration actions.
"He says it in his speeches, but he doesn't say it in here," Rockefeller said, referring to the budget proposal. "He doesn't say it in the actions of [EPA Administrator] Lisa Jackson. And he doesn't say it in the minds of my own people. And he's beginning to not be believable to me. So I want you to put me at rest or put me away." (more)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/02/04/04greenwire-sen-rockefeller-criticizes-o...
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