SandBoxBlogs: Craig Daily Press "Twentymile’s presence at Romney event part of shifting focus"

Photo Credit:  Mary Austin (Craig Daily Press)

Joe Moylan:
"Pat Sollars, vice president and general manager of Peabody Energy’s Colorado operations, said the company has historically kept information about operations under wraps.

But, with stricter U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations on the horizon targeting methane gas emissions at coal mines, and new rules on greenhouse gas and mercury emissions at coal-fired power plants, Sollars said Peabody recently decided to take a more aggressive position focused on public education.

That new strategy is what motivated Sollars to pull 148 Twentymile Mine workers to the surface to attend Tuesday’s Mitt Romney presidential campaign rally at Alice Pleasant Park in Craig.

More than 300 weekend shifters, friends, family members and vendors joined the miners in an effort to show industry support.

“We hope we made an impact,” Sollars said of the event. “I think we were able to show the community how many people are involved in the coal mining industry.

“When you have 2,000 people show up for an event and 450 of them are associated with one area coal mine, I think that makes a statement and they all know how vital coal is to our livelihood.” ..."
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SandBoxBlogs: Craig Daily Press "Miners for Mitt"

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SandBoxBlogs: Red State "Electoral implications of the Obama Administration’s War on Coal "

Moe Lane Diary:
"…which shows the top sixteen coal-producing states in the USA. There’s a total of 182 Electoral Votes at stake, there – and in 2008 there were 180. Obama actually won coal-producing states in 2008, 100 to 80; and if no states flip in November, he’ll win them, 96 to 86. Except that… states are going to flip.

Indiana’s already gone; and of the remaining six Obama states only New Mexico and Illinois are not considered toss-ups. The administration’s relentless hostility towards coal production and use may have already contributed to Democratic electoral disaster: since Obama took office the state governments and legislatures of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia have all been taken over by Republicans; in Colorado we flipped the House of Representatives; and in New Mexico we captured the governorship. Heck, we even gained seats in the Illinois legislature, and came very close to winning the governorship.

The question is, is it fair to wonder whether coal will make things worse for the Democrats? I think so....."
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SandBoxBlogs: KKCO 11 News "BLM lease nets nearly one million"

Pity poor Bill Koch.

For sure, now that this news of another million bucks flowing into the coffers that fuel our public education, our roads, bridges and general overall living needs; he's going to get attacked again by activists who are against mining and fossil energy sources and who will be parked on your doorstep with another "begging for the children" campaign the next time education cuts flare up into the public need.

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