Obama Going to ‘Bankrupt’ Coal Industry, Critics Warn
- Susan Jones - CNSNews.com
- Nov 3, 2008
(CNSNews.com) – Republicans hope that Sen. Barack Obama’s comment about bankrupting coal-fired power plants will alienate voters in coal-mining states on this day before the election.
On January 17, 2008, Obama told The San Francisco Chronicle he opposes coal-fired plants, which supply half of the nation’s electricity needs.
“… if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can,” Obama told the paper in January. “It's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted."
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