Rockefeller calls on coal industry to stop 'scare tactics'

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Source: Charleston Gazette

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Wednesday morning called for an end to "scare tactics" by coal companies and urged West Virginians to face the reality of changes coming to the world's energy industries.

Rockefeller delivered his message in a U.S. Senate floor speech on West Virginia Day, in which he announced he would oppose a Republican resolution aimed at blocking the Obama administration's rules to curb mercury and other toxic air emissions from coal-fired power plants.

"Coal has played an important part in our past and can play an important role in our future, but it will only happen if we face reality," Rockefeller said.

Rockefeller criticized "millions of dollars" in coal industry and political advertising that he said tries to convince West Virginians -- especially coal miners -- that they should "turn back the clock, ignore the present, and block the future."

Read more: http://wvgazette.com/News/201206200049?page=1

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Full speech here:
http://blogs.wvgazette.com/coaltattoo/2012/06/20/rockefeller-coal-must-boldly-embrace-the-future/

[Politicalboi]

1. Now go to

Fracking. Fracking is going to kill us all if not stopped.

[goclark]

2. Fracking is a major problem

[PoliticAverse]

3. Fracking has helped natural gas be significantly less-expensive than coal. n/t

[Meiko]

5. Somehow I doubt

that fracking is going to crack the earth down the middle and kill us all but if it is not environmentally safe then it needs to be stopped.

[Petrushka]

4. If you agree with Sen. Rockefeller's stance . . .

. . . Vote in today's Charleston Gazette poll on the future of coal in West Virginia if you agree (or disagree) with Senator Jay Rockefeller's stance regarding the coal industry and its future in West Virginia. Scroll halfway down the page at the following link . . . the poll is on the left of the page --->
http://www.wvgazette.com/