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‘YOU CAN’T JUDGE A MAN THIS WAY’: That’s what Obama supporter Ruby Hale says she tells people at church in tiny Rowe, Va. “I am convinced he is a Christian.” WHITEWOOD, VA. -- The isolated towns of Virginia's Appalachian coal region are home to strong labor unions and Democratic political machines that date back generations. Yet voters here who eagerly pushed Democrats into the Senate and the governor's office are resisting Barack Obama. Some Americans say Obama's race and uncommon background make them uncomfortable -- here those people include Democratic precinct chairmen and get-out-the-vote workers. Many Americans receive e-mails falsely...

WHITEWOOD, VA. -- The isolated towns of Virginia's Appalachian coal region are home to strong labor unions and Democratic political machines that date back generations. Yet voters here who eagerly pushed Democrats into the Senate and the governor's office are resisting Barack Obama.

Here is a side by side video of Joe Biden contradicting himself on the clean coal issue. In the VP debate he said "My record for 25 years has supported clean coal technology." But when questioned by an environmental activist at an event Biden said We're not supporting clean coal. Two different answers for two different crowds. Typical. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjx8RnDfdvM

When the curtain goes up tonight on the most highly anticipated vice-presidential debate in American political history, Alaska governor Sarah Palin will have a golden opportunity to regain the momentum for the McCain campaign. To do that, she must focus on the issue that resuscitated the GOP presidential effort earlier this summer, and that indirectly led to John McCain picking her as his running mate: energy. As Larry Kudlow pointed out last month, 2008 is the energy election. The past two weeks have seen the imbroglio in the financial markets emerge as a legitimate crisis as well as a potent campaign issue....

Palin Coal-Cocks Biden Here is the video of the comments she is talking about. Obama/Joe Biden "No Coal Plants Here in America"

Here are the videos for Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia:

For a while, it was a standard-issue Al Gore jeremiad, with calls for everything from installing solar panels in Darfur (seriously) to legal action against "the carbon lobby" for denying global warming (ditto). But then Mr. Gore really got going and told his disciples to head -- literally -- to the barricades to "stop" coal. Speaking last Wednesday on a celebrity panel in New York, the Nobel Prize Laureate proclaimed: "If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the...

Two high-profile Colorado Republicans took aim at Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden today, calling the Democrats too liberal for Colorado and a threat to the state's energy needs. Seizing on a recent comment Biden made in Ohio that he and Obama don't support "clean coal" plants in the U.S., former Gov. Bill Owens and Scott McInnis, a former member of Congress, said the Democratic ticket owed an "explanation" to voters about where the state's energy is going to come from. "They are coming to a state where 73 percent of the energy needs are met by coal,"...

Climate Change: Al Gore has rightly been scolded for encouraging civil disobedience to stop global warming. But his little-noticed follow-up statement might be even more foolish — and dangerous.When it comes to sheer crackpottery on environmental issues, no national figure can measure up to the lofty standard set by the former Tennessee senator and vice president. This is a man who is leading a caravan of humming hybrid drivers to nowhere and is willing to criminalize those who disagree with him to get there. While speaking Wednesday in New York at the Clinton Global Initiative, Gore told young people "looking...

Free-Market Citizen Group Says Biden’s “No Coal for America” Approach Would Result in Lost Jobs, Even Higher Energy Prices For Immediate Release – September 24, 2008 Contact Ben Marchi, (804) 380-9240 Biden is putting extremist environmental ideology ahead of jobs for Virginians RICHMOND – The Virginia chapter of the free-market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today called U.S. Senator Joe Biden’s pledge of “No coal plants here in America!” out of touch with the concerns of average Virginians. Video footage surfaced today that showed Senator Biden telling an environmentalist he wants “no coal plants here in America.” This comment...

Al Gore called Wednesday for "civil disobedience" to combat the construction of coal power plants without the ability to store carbon, Reuters reported. The former vice president, whose efforts to raise awareness of global warming have made him the most prominent voice on that issue, made the comment during a session at the fourth annual Clinton Global Initiative in Manhattan.

U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today launched the Coalition to Protect Coal Jobs. The coalition, a nationwide group including members of Congress, state government and other influential leaders, will spread the message about the importance of clean coal technology and the advantages of tapping the country's vast coal reserves. The group will also speak out to protect critical coal jobs when they come under attack from the most anti-American energy ticket in history. In addition to providing domestic energy, the coal industry is a critical part of the economy in several states. As part of John McCain's "all of...

This is a great new ad calling attention to Obama's and Biden's conflicting views on clean coal in America. It's set to upbeat hillbilly music -- just perfect for the coal belt!

<p>Al Gore took a page from Mahatma Gandhi and the Rev. Martin Luther King by calling Wednesday for "civil disobedience" to combat the construction of coal power plants without the ability to store carbon, Reuters reported.</p> <p>The former vice president, whose efforts to raise awareness of global warming have made him the most prominent voice on that issue, made the comment during a session at the fourth annual Clinton Global Initiative in Manhattan.</p>

Chicago, IL (HNN) -- On Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, the Obama-Biden campaign announced a Clean Coal Jobs Task Force, aimed at furthering Senator Obama and Senator Biden's commitment to creating jobs and energy independence through clean coal.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al Gore urged young people on Wednesday to engage in civil disobedience to stop the construction of coal plants without the ability to store carbon. The former U.S. vice president, whose climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" won an Academy Award, told a philanthropic meeting in New York City that "the world has lost ground to the climate crisis." "If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the...

Here is a new McCain Web Ad that goes after the conflicting positions of Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden on clean coal technology. . . . (see video at link)

The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC - 59 minutes ago Biden clearly didn't advance the team with recent comments he made at a Maumee, Ohio campaign stop. He indicated he didn't support using coal to provide

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden appeared to undermine Barack Obama's backing of clean-coal technology when he told voters in Maumee last week that neither he nor Obama "are supporting clean coal." In a video circulated today by Republican John McCain's presidential campaign, Biden made his comment as he mingled with the crowd when a woman voter asked him about clean coal. Biden told the women, "We're not supporting clean coal. Guess what? China's building two every week. Two dirty coal plants. And it's polluting the United States. It's causing people to die." When the same voter asked if Biden...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Obama is the next target for a bailout, I am convinced. Now, let me set this up. I'm sure that quite a few of you who are spending any time at all on the computer have received what I have received a gazillion times. By the way, as a little heads up, those of you out there who receive things in e-mail, these flash blast e-mails that go out: If you think I haven't seen it yet, change your mind. By the time you see it, I have seen it so many times, I have practically thrown...

Biden Ranked Coal Ahead Of High-Fructose Corn Syrup And A Terrorist Attack As More Likely To Contribute To The Death Of An Average American. HBO's Bill Maher:

WATCH JOE BIDEN SAY NO TO COAL OBAMA TOTALLY CLUELESS AS HE TRIES TO HIDE WHAT HE BELIEVES "...to capture the coal, pump it into the ground just like natural gas." WHAT? MIDI - COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME (bluegrass version)

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Rep. Shelly Moore Capito , R-W.Va., former Virginia Governor and Senator George Allen, former Congressman Scott McInnis , R-Colo., and RNC Chairman Mike Duncan will announce on Wednesday the McCain-Palin campaign's Coalition to Protect Coal Jobs, a nationwide group including members of Congress, state government and other leaders. Organizers said the coalition will help spread the message about the importance of clean coal technology and the advantages of tapping the country's vast coal reserves. As part of John McCain's "all of the above" energy plan, the Lexington Project, clean coal will be a strong component of the...

Today we have the Post talking about bitter voters in small towns in Pennsylvania, Joe Biden trashing a major state industry, and a pollster desperately trying to hide the fact that McCain may actually be leading in Obama's biggest must-win state.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- An off-the-cuff interview with Democratic nominee for Vice President Joe Biden posted on YouTube reveals that Biden apparently doesn't want coal plants in the United States. The video appears to have been shot in Ohio while Biden was campaigning. "No coal plants here in America," said Biden to a woman asking questions about clean coal. Biden says China is building two dirty coal plants every week, which is polluting the U.S. and causing people to die. "Guess what, China is going to burn 300 years of bad coal unless we can figure out how to clean...

ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: A conflict over clean coal is brewing on the campaign trail after video surfaced of Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., telling an anti-pollution campaigner in Ohio that he does not support coal plants in America. Approached following a rally in Maumee, Ohio, last Tuesday, Biden was asked by a campaigner for 1Sky, an organization against the development of new coal-fired power plants, why he supports clean coal at a time when “wind and solar are flourishing here in Ohio.” The animated, close-talking Biden then put his hands on the woman’s shoulders and launched into a passionate,...

ARLINGTON, VA -- Congresswoman Shelly Moore Capito (R-WV), former Virginia Governor and Senator George Allen, former Congressman Scott McInnis (R-CO) and RNC Chairman Mike Duncan will announce the McCain-Palin campaign's Coalition to Protect Coal Jobs, a nationwide group including members of Congress, state government and other influential leaders. The coalition will help spread the message about the importance of clean coal technology and the advantages of tapping the country's vast coal reserves. As part of John McCain's "all of the above" energy plan, the Lexington Project, clean coal will be a strong component of the drive to energy independence. In...

DFU NOTE: Because of the technology that produces "clean" diesel, diesel vehicles may well make a comeback in the United States. Coal, of which we have an enormous supply, could be an important part of attaining energy independence. Joe Biden says NO to coal. Another good one from the walking gaffe machine. I thought the messiah was in favor of clean coal. Maybe this is the kind of stuff that gets Biden removed from the ticket. Stand up, Chuck. Biden - "No coal plants here in America" at the end of this video From the article on greencar.com: Both indirect...

McCain hits Biden in Ohio today: I am going to put in place the priorities and policies that will create jobs in Ohio. One important way that we are going to create jobs here is with the development of additional nuclear plants and through investments in clean coal technology. Not only will investment in our energy infrastructure create millions of new jobs across the country, it will help lead our nation toward the important goal of energy independence. My opponent is against the expansion of nuclear power. His running mate here in Ohio recently said that they weren’t supporting clean...

President Cecil Roberts says the United Mine Workers is planning a brief work stoppage at a Consol Energy mine after what the union contends was an attempt to get miners to badmouth Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on camera. Roberts said the union will call the memorial period at Consol's Blacksville No. 2 mine next week. UMW contracts allow the periods, which halt production by allowing members a day off. Roberts says Consol allowed a National Rifle Association camera crew to ask UMW workers at the Monongalia County mine leading questions suggesting Obama opposes gun ownership. NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam...

  Obama/Joe Biden "No Coal Plants Here in America" Obama VP Joe Biden speaking with an activist in Ohio. Tells her he doesn't support clean coal here in the US and that he only  wants coal plants built in China. Send this to your favorite UMWA supporter and open up their eyes. 

Some great rope line video from Joe Biden's recent Ohio swing, where he was asked by an anti-pollution campaigner about clean coal -- a controversial approach in Democratic circles for which Obama has voiced support, particularly during the Kentucky primary. Biden's apparent answer: He supports clean coal for China, but not for the United States. "No coal plants here in America," he said. "Build them, if they're going to build them, over there. Make them clean." "We’re not supporting clean coal," he said of himself and Obama who do, on paper, support clean coal.

CASTLEWOOD, Va. – In his first visit to Southwest Virginia, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, speaking at the United Mine Workers’ annual fish fry here on Saturday, was quick to tout his ties to coal. “I hope you won’t hold it against me, but I am a hard-coal miner, anthracite coal, Scranton, Pa.,” Biden said. “It’s nice to be back in coal country. … It’s a different accent [in Southwest Virginia] … but it’s the same deal. We were taught that our faith and our family was the only really important thing, and our faith and our family informed...

CASTLEWOOD, Va. — Delaware Sen. Joe Biden joined Va. Gov. Tim Kaine and Rep. Rick Boucher as guests of union coal miners at the 13th annual fish fry at the Russell County Fairgrounds on Saturday.

New projects offer the chance to tap inaccessible reserves, as well as limit the release of harmful gases BEIJING -- India and China are at the forefront of a new wave in clean-coal technology that has the potential to tap enormous and otherwise inaccessible coal reserves -- and to slow the speed of climate change. The Asian giants are investigating large-scale commercial projects that would produce energy by burning the coal where it lies, deep below the Earth's surface. Building on pilot projects in the U.S. and elsewhere, the two countries are also looking at the possibility of capturing and...

Virginia’s senior Republican Sen. John Warner and Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling warned Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama against demonizing coal during a scheduled visit to their home state. “Coal is clearly our main source fuel and we must support the coal industry and their efforts to try to make their emissions cleaner,” Warner said. “We cannot put further taxes on coal and we certainly don’t want to refer to it as the source of ‘dirty energy.’” Warner was referring to remarks Obama made earlier this year to the San-Antonio Express News. Obama said, “What we ought to do is tax...

Energy. It's the stuff of which our world and universe are made. It is everything we can perceive and measure in the physical world. Beyond that physical world, we "see through a glass, darkly." Science, engineering and the industries that are based upon them deal solely with energy – its nature and its uses. We utilize many forms of energy – gravitational energy, such as that in hydroelectric dams; kinetic energy, as stored in a flywheel or the wind; heat energy, as in a geothermal well; elastic energy, as in a rubber band; electrical energy, as carried in power lines;...

Speaking of Minnesota . . . Stephen Spruiell is sussing out the Twin Cities in advance of the Republican National Convention, and reports on the GOP's latest platform draft over on the homepage. Spruiell finds the platform plank on immigration, for example, is worded in such a way as to avoid driving a wedge between McCain and his conservative base: The passages on global warming provide another example. The draft acknowledges that human activity is contributing to warming and calls for “measured and reasonable” steps to curtail it. Policymakers should support solutions that are “technology-driven, market-based,” and not fall prey...

Strong Energy Measures Wanted Poll Shows Most Favor New Drilling, Taxes on Oil Profits By Jon Cohen and Paul KaneWashington Post Staff Writers Sunday, August 10, 2008; Page A08 A new national poll shows broad public support for government action in the face of $4-a-gallon gas and other energy concerns, giving Republicans a rare opening to go on the offensive against congressional Democrats and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Nearly two-thirds of Americans now put a priority on "finding new sources of energy" over improving conservation -- a significant shift since 2001 -- and majorities support all of the five potential...

In a new program, the US Department of Energy and its Southwest Regional Partnership recently began to inject carbon dioxide into a large coal bed while simultaneously recovering natural gas, DOE's Fossil Energy Office reported Aug. 4. It said the planned injection of CO2 in a 6-month demonstration near Navajo City, NM, differs from other enhanced coalbed methane (CBM) recovery projects because it will attempt to maximize permanent CO2 storage in a process called geologic carbon sequestration using enhanced coalbed methane recovery. "Many coal beds in the United States are saturated with natural gas (methane), but the gas is difficult...

Drax Group, the owner of western Europe's biggest coal-fired power station, reported a 45pc decline in first-half profit as higher selling prices for its power was more than offset by increased costs for coal and carbon emission allowances. Drax reported a profit before tax of £150m, down from £273m in the first half of last year, despite revenues leaping from £640m to £802m on the back of increased selling prices. It sold electricity for an average £53.6 per megawatt hour, up from £48.1 a year ago. The fall in profits came as the amount the company pays for coal and...

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- India's Ministry of Coal has received 22 applications in response to the bidding process it commenced early last month for the allocation of captive coal blocks for coal-to-liquid (: 36.06, -0.16, -0.44%) projects. Industry majors hopeful of securing captive coal mines include the Tata Group (Mumbai), Reliance Industries Limited (BOM:500325) (Mumbai) and Reliance Power Limited (BOM:532939) (Mumbai). RIL had sent in an $8 billion investment proposal to set up a CTL project with a capacity of 80,000 barrels per day (BBL/d) of oil and requiring 1.5 billion tons of coal...

COMMENTARY: T. Boone Pickens is being lionized for his efforts to legislate a transformation to "eco-friendly" wind energy. We need to "overcome our addiction to foreign oil," he insists, by harnessing wind to replace natural gas in electricity generation, and using that gas to power more cars and buses. If Congress would simply "mandate the formation of wind and solar corridors," provide eminent domain authority for transmission lines, and renew the subsidies for this energy, America can make the switch in a decade. Mr. Pickens' $58-million media pitch makes good ad copy, but his policy prescriptions would bring new energy,...

CHARLESTON, W.VA. - A Consol Energy Inc. executive said the company is sure a $800 million coal-to-gasoline plant to be built in Marshall County will be economically viable. "We're highly confident that the plant will be viable under any conceivable future energy price scenario," said Paul Spurgeon, Consol's vice president of power development and coal conversion projects. Gov. Joe Manchin, Consol and Synthesis Energy Systems Inc. announced Monday that the companies have formed a joint venture to build a coal-to-gasoline plant - the state's first - at Benwood. Worries about the long-term economic viability of coal-to-liquids projects have caused other...

(NECN: West Virginia) - President Bush spoke before the West Virginia Coal Association this morning. "This is a challenging time, not the first time we've been through challenging times," said President Bush. "In the second quarter, the economy grew at a rate of 1.9%. Not as good as we'd like it to be, but there were predictions that the economy would shrink this quarter, not grow. But, in fact, the opposite has happened," said Bush. "Productivity increases are up, which makes America's goods more competitive," said Bush. "Exports are on the rise. Durable good orders are strong. Businesses are anticipating...

With the cost of gas weighing on our minds and wallets, Americans desperately need the continuing leadership of a President who will help lift us out of this crisis. As we rely on millions of barrels of foreign oil each day, we are increasing our dependence on nations in an unstable part of the world instead of using our resources right here at home. In the spirit of the principle of independence our country was founded on, John McCain is embracing America’s independence from foreign oil and dedicated to strengthening our economy and energy needs. This plan, The Lexington Project,...

China's sprawling industrial heartland is braced for an electricity crisis as the closure of unsafe coalmines before the Olympic Games and the rising price of coal have left many power stations either without the fuel they need or unable to make a profit. Energy experts believe that China's coal shortage could trigger its worst spate of blackouts and brownouts in four years, hitting the metals and manufacturing sectors especially hard. Coal generates 80 per cent of the country's power and has been the predominant fuel of China's economic boom. State energy authorities have given warning of long-term coal deficits at...

Highlights The spot price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil increased from $122 per barrel on June 4 to $145 per barrel on July 3. Global supply uncertainties, combined with significant demand growth in China, the Middle East, and Latin America are expected to continue to pressure oil markets. WTI prices, which averaged $72 per barrel in 2007, are projected to average $127 per barrel in 2008 and $133 per barrel in 2009. Regular-grade gasoline is expected to average $3.84 per gallon in 2008, more than $1 per gallon above the 2007 average price. The U.S. average regular-grade gasoline...