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Clean Coal Technology Group Makes Local Stop Save Email Print
Posted: 8:30 AM May 15, 2008
Last Updated: 8:30 AM May 15, 2008
Reporter: Marie Luby
Email Address: marie.luby@wymtnews.com

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A national advocacy group for clean coal technology made a stop in Hazard Wednesday as part of a cross-country tour to encourage presidential candidates to talk more about their stance on the coal industry.

We followed some members of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity as they met with some of the public. Supporters of clean coal technology are on a mission in the days before Kentucky's democratic presidential primary.

They're making stops all over the state, handing out educational pamphlets about the issue and urging voters to ask the candidates how they feel about it.

“I want to know how they feel about it before I make a decision, who I'm voting for,” Tammy Hanlon said.

Tammy Hanlon's husband works in the coal industry. For her it's issue number one.

“I have actually gone on a website for all three of the candidates that are still in the running, and I asked all of them what their stand was on the coal business,” Hanlon said.

A new campaign ad for Barack Obama touts his support of clean coal technology. Both Hillary Clinton and John McCain's websites say they also support it, but voters like Hanlon say, they don't hear enough details.

“We believe that the more specifics, the better. There's a lot of people who are trying to limit coal's future in our country's energy mix, and we say that's short-sighted,” Cathy Coffey with American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity said.

Hanlon is still hoping for a reply from each of the three candidates.

“That will make my decision who I plan to vote for,” Hanlon said.

As they head to the next town, Hanlon hopes these messengers of coal drive the issue to the top of voters’ questions.

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity does not endorse any particular candidate.


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Posted by: Hollerdude Location: Jackson on May 15, 2008 at 01:13 PM
Just another example of people coming into this area and sell us a pig in a polk. Coal's future is dead in this country and the industry knows it. They are just trying to squeeze the last little bit of government money out of the tax payers of this country before it is too late. They will be laughing all the way to the bank. What's going to happen to our electricity rates when the Feds institute the carbon taxes? We get 96 percent of our electricity from some of the worst polluting power plants in the country. Each year they are mining less and less coal from eastern Kentucky and soon the country is going to start moving away from coal and as soon as they do this we will be without jobs and with some of the highest electric costs in the county. Thanks Coal Industry you bring us black lung, barren landscapes and cracked foundations.

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