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Coal miners at the American Energy Corp. Century Mine said they want President Barack Obama to stop what they term the war on coal and to stop spreading mistruths about them.
Miners gathered Friday afternoon to express their opposition to Obamas energy and environmental policies, which they believe threaten their jobs. Miner Mitch Miracle read aloud a letter the miners mailed to Obama that outlines some of their concerns.
The miners said Obamas campaign team is running ads filled with blatantly false statements about the miners regarding their participation in Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romneys August campaign stop at the Century Mine. These ads assert that the miners were forced to attend the event by the mines owner, Robert Murray.
There are numerous false statements and absolute lies concerning our participation in this event
Cheap natural gas and the fact that clean coal is horribly expensive is what is leading to a decline in the mining of coal. But the GOP will grab at any straw at present.
As with the logging industry, coal miners are going to have to learn to live with the fact that their jobs are going to disappear due to lack of demand and mechanization. Plus the fact that people are sick of the pollution that the industry creates. And the alternatives are already starting to compete with dirty coal in price in some areas, and are far cheaper the 'clean coal'.
Cheap natural gas and the fact that clean coal is horribly expensive is what is leading to a decline in the mining of coal. But the GOP will grab at any straw at present.
As with the logging industry, coal miners are going to have to learn to live with the fact that their jobs are going to disappear due to lack of demand and mechanization. Plus the fact that people are sick of the pollution that the industry creates. And the alternatives are already starting to compete with dirty coal in price in some areas, and are far cheaper the 'clean coal'.
Cheap natural gas and the fact that clean coal is horribly expensive is what is leading to a decline in the mining of coal. But the GOP will grab at any straw at present.
As with the logging industry, coal miners are going to have to learn to live with the fact that their jobs are going to disappear due to lack of demand and mechanization. Plus the fact that people are sick of the pollution that the industry creates. And the alternatives are already starting to compete with dirty coal in price in some areas, and are far cheaper the 'clean coal'.
people in the cities are sick and tired of the pollution..
so funny.
They don't give a shit if people who live elsewhere starve or freeze to death.
Cheap natural gas and the fact that clean coal is horribly expensive is what is leading to a decline in the mining of coal. But the GOP will grab at any straw at present.
As with the logging industry, coal miners are going to have to learn to live with the fact that their jobs are going to disappear due to lack of demand and mechanization. Plus the fact that people are sick of the pollution that the industry creates. And the alternatives are already starting to compete with dirty coal in price in some areas, and are far cheaper the 'clean coal'.
So that makes Obama lying about coal miners okay?Cheap natural gas and the fact that clean coal is horribly expensive is what is leading to a decline in the mining of coal. But the GOP will grab at any straw at present.
As with the logging industry, coal miners are going to have to learn to live with the fact that their jobs are going to disappear due to lack of demand and mechanization. Plus the fact that people are sick of the pollution that the industry creates. And the alternatives are already starting to compete with dirty coal in price in some areas, and are far cheaper the 'clean coal'.
Posting a Media Matters story that repeats Obama's lies does not refute the charge that Obama lied.Fair & Balanced: Fox Hosts Two Coal CEOs To Attack Obama | Blog | Media Matters for America
Fox's Megyn Kelly recently hosted a lengthy segment on the coal industry featuring a Mitt Romney campaign ad and the CEOs of a coal trade group and a coal mining company. The industry representatives claimed that President Obama is waging a "war on coal," but the facts about the Obama administration's efforts to enact long overdue clean air regulations were noticeably absent.
On Fox News' America Live, host Megyn Kelly interviewed American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity CEO Mike Duncan and Murray Energy Corporation CEO Robert Murray. After Kelly aired a campaign ad featuring Romney speaking at the Century Mine, Murray belabored the "human issue" of regulations and the plight of coal miners who "just want to work in honor and dignity." But Kelly didn't mention that Murray, who owns the mine, recently came under fire for forcing miners to attend the rally without pay, or that his company has a history of labor and safety violations.
Posting a Media Matters story that repeats Obama's lies does not refute the charge that Obama lied.Fair & Balanced: Fox Hosts Two Coal CEOs To Attack Obama | Blog | Media Matters for America
Fox's Megyn Kelly recently hosted a lengthy segment on the coal industry featuring a Mitt Romney campaign ad and the CEOs of a coal trade group and a coal mining company. The industry representatives claimed that President Obama is waging a "war on coal," but the facts about the Obama administration's efforts to enact long overdue clean air regulations were noticeably absent.
On Fox News' America Live, host Megyn Kelly interviewed American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity CEO Mike Duncan and Murray Energy Corporation CEO Robert Murray. After Kelly aired a campaign ad featuring Romney speaking at the Century Mine, Murray belabored the "human issue" of regulations and the plight of coal miners who "just want to work in honor and dignity." But Kelly didn't mention that Murray, who owns the mine, recently came under fire for forcing miners to attend the rally without pay, or that his company has a history of labor and safety violations.
Just so's you won't make that stupid mistake again. You're welcome.
Fair & Balanced: Fox Hosts Two Coal CEOs To Attack Obama | Blog | Media Matters for America
Fox's Megyn Kelly recently hosted a lengthy segment on the coal industry featuring a Mitt Romney campaign ad and the CEOs of a coal trade group and a coal mining company. The industry representatives claimed that President Obama is waging a "war on coal," but the facts about the Obama administration's efforts to enact long overdue clean air regulations were noticeably absent.
On Fox News' America Live, host Megyn Kelly interviewed American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity CEO Mike Duncan and Murray Energy Corporation CEO Robert Murray. After Kelly aired a campaign ad featuring Romney speaking at the Century Mine, Murray belabored the "human issue" of regulations and the plight of coal miners who "just want to work in honor and dignity." But Kelly didn't mention that Murray, who owns the mine, recently came under fire for forcing miners to attend the rally without pay, or that his company has a history of labor and safety violations.
Cheap natural gas and the fact that clean coal is horribly expensive is what is leading to a decline in the mining of coal. But the GOP will grab at any straw at present.
As with the logging industry, coal miners are going to have to learn to live with the fact that their jobs are going to disappear due to lack of demand and mechanization. Plus the fact that people are sick of the pollution that the industry creates. And the alternatives are already starting to compete with dirty coal in price in some areas, and are far cheaper the 'clean coal'.
Interesting that you used the term "clean coal".
Horribley expensive? Yes.
Achievable? Yes.
Why not? It's a hydrocarbon, and Obama is President.
