Posted on 08/11/2015 4:37:48 AM PDT by george76
Presidential candidate and former Gov. Jeb Bush got into some hot water recently over his past work with a foundation run by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for its funding of Planned Parenthood.
What went unnoticed, however, was that Bush worked with Bloomberg as he gave millions to environmental groups to take down the coal industry.
Bush, whos looking to win the Republican presidential nomination, served as a founding director of the Bloomberg Family Foundation now called Bloomberg Philanthropies from 2010 through 2014. During Bushs second year with the organization, Bloomberg donated $50 million to the Sierra Clubs Beyond Coal campaign.
The Sierra Clubs anti-coal campaign took Bloombergs money in 2011 to cut coal production 30 percent by 2020 through litigation, lobbying for more environmental regulations and activism. The Beyond Coal campaign has also targeted coal-fired power plants with litigation, most recently forcing the closure of the 200th coal plant in the country.
The retirement of 200 coal plants nationwide represents the phase out of nearly 40 percent of the 523 U.S. coal plants that were in operation just five years ago, according to the Club. News of the coal-fired power plant shutdown also excited Bloomberg himself.
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I'm not disputing any of the things people bring up about Kasich. I'm saying that he's a terrific campaigner, and he seems to perk up when there's a challenge. He could easily be the last one standing when Jeb and the Jebster type candidates are driven out of the race.
“He could easily be the last one standing when Jeb and the Jebster type candidates are driven out of the race”.
That I’m not disputing. But I think Walker will be the last governor standing. We shall see.
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