[ProtectOurFreedom]

In a May news conference, Gov. Matt Mead declared coal’s troubles a “concern,” saying he worried the industry’s woes could negatively affect the state’s budget. The governor has involved Wyoming in a dozen lawsuits against the EPA during his tenure, many concerning air pollution at coal-fired power plants.

“I do think there is a war on coal” Mead said.

The Obama administration, for its part, says there is no such war. “Coal is part of the energy mix today, and it will be for decades into the future,” EPA administrator Gina McCarthy told Basin Electric Power Cooperative employees during a February visit to the company’s Synfuels plant in Beulah, North Dakota.

I'm relieved. The Obama administration assures me there's no war on coal. Thank goodness my electric rates aren't going to "necessarily skyrocket."

I'm also smug and happy with the Obama assurances that I can keep my doc, my deductible, my premiums, and my insurance company.

[oldtech]

The Obama administration assures me there’s no war on coal. Thank goodness my electric rates aren’t going to “necessarily skyrocket.” Well,I’m not at all relieved because I recall that at sometime in the past,Mr. Obama did specifically say something about electrical rates “necessarily”skyrocketing. Mine certainly have not gone down. I’m so very tired of all this crap about CO2,which is not a pollutant,but plant food. If this is the main complaint about the use of coal,then there is,essentially,no viable problem with it.