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Mojo Feed | Mother Jones: West Va. Chamber of Commerce Plays Dirty With Health Care Reform
Think Progress: Coal-Fueled Chamber Of Commerce Demands Lawmakers Defeat Health Reform In Order To ‘Stop’ Clean Energy Bill
Matthew Yglesias: Coal Groups Want to Block Health Reform to Kill Clean Energy
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RT @Kenwardjr: WV Chamber of Commerce wants Byrd, Rockefeller to block health care unless Obama stops war on coal http://tinyurl.com/yakqlq4 11/20/2009 |
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RT @Kenwardjr WV CoC wants Byrd, Rockefeller 2 block health care unless Obama stops "war on #coal" http://tinyurl.com/yakqlq4 #news #hcr 11/20/2009 |
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RT @Kenwardjr: WV Chamber of Comm. wants Byrd, Rockefeller 2 block health care unless Obama stops "war on coal", http://tinyurl.com/yakqlq4 11/20/2009 |
West Va. Chamber of Commerce Plays Dirty With Health Care Reform
Mojo Feed | Mother Jones —
... The Obama administration and Congress have waged "a growing campaign against the mining and use of coal," said West Virginia Chamber President Steve Roberts in a press release. He cited both the administration's efforts to cut carbon emissions via climate legislation, as well as its tougher ...
Coal-Fueled Chamber Of Commerce Demands Lawmakers Defeat Health Reform In Order To ‘Stop’ Clean Energy Bill
Think Progress —
... in a letter released today to Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Robert Byrd (D-WV). The Chamber of Commerce demanded that the senators use “their clout and seniority” to obstruct the health reform debate until cap and trade legislation is taken off the table and the EPA is barred from regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. As Ken Ward of the Charleston Gazette noted, Rockefeller has already rejected a similar proposal of blocking health reform unless the EPA stops reviewing mountaintop removal permits. The coal lobby has also ...
Coal Groups Want to Block Health Reform to Kill Clean Energy
Matthew Yglesias —
... in a letter released today to Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Robert Byrd (D-WV). The Chamber of Commerce demanded that the senators use “their clout and seniority” to obstruct the health reform debate until cap and trade legislation is taken off the table and the EPA is barred from regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. As Ken Ward of the Charleston Gazette noted, Rockefeller has already rejected a similar proposal of blocking health reform unless the EPA stops reviewing mountaintop removal permits. The coal lobby has also ...
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The Hollywood Liberal —
... in a letter released today to Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Robert Byrd (D-WV). The Chamber of Commerce demanded that the senators use “their clout and seniority” to obstruct the health reform debate until cap and trade legislation is taken off the table and the EPA is barred from regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. As Ken Ward of the Charleston Gazette noted, Rockefeller has already rejected a similar proposal of blocking health reform unless the EPA stops reviewing mountaintop removal permits. The coal lobby has also ...
