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In a town hall campaign event in Florida, September 15, McCain distinguishes dirty coal plants from clean coal technology, saying, "We're going to build...
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McCain: New Coal Plants ‘Will Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions Dramatically’
Wonk Room —
Last week, the Wonk Room reported that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) joined Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) in opposing mountaintop removal, an ecologically and economically disastrous form of coal mining that has devastated Appalachia. This position, expressed at a Florida townhall meeting, caught his campaign and his supporters off guard, with Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) responding that “such a stance could hurt McCain in West Virginia.”
At the same meeting, McCain also criticized the idea of building new coal plants that do not sequester their greenhouse gas emissions. He said:
We’re going to build new ...
McCain: New coal plants ‘will increase greenhouse gas emissions dramatically.’
Think Progress —
Today, Sen. Joe Biden’s criticism of “dirty coal plants,” first reported by TP’s Wonk Room, were picked up by the Drudge Report. The McCain campaign held a press call this afternoon with former Sen. George Allen (R-VA) and mining industry lobbyist Scott McInnis (R-CO) to attack Biden’s comments. But McCain himself attacked coal plants last week, saying they “will increase greenhouse gas emissions dramatically.” In a Sept. 15 townhall meeting, McCain voiced opposition to mountaintop removal coal mining, then continued:
We’re going to build new plants that generate energy, ...
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