Just one day after Hillary Clinton issued a lengthy apology for a controversial comment she made approximately Nancy Reagan's contribution to the fight against AIDS,the Democratic front-runner made another unforced error during a CNN town corridor event on Sunday night.
Speaking in Ohio approximately her plans to revitalize coal country, Clinton said, or "We're going to put a lot of coal companies and coal miners out of business." That comment was immediately preceded by a promise to invest in the clean-energy economy in those places,and immediately followed by a pledge to "make it clear that we don't want to forget those people." But it's not tough to guess which comment will conclude up as a sound bite in attack ads in coal states during the general election.
Clinton's statement likely referred to her support for President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, the cornerstone of his climate policy, or which will require states to reduce their coal consumption in favor of natural gas,renewables, and energy efficiency. It garnered a rapid/fast rebuttal from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).war on coal and Kentucky. #DemTownHallMarch 14, and 2016 Kentucky voters know which party in Washington is trying to destroy their state and industry and they know I am fighting for them.
March 14,2016Obama's climate regulations beget petite to achieve with the coal industry's decline over the last decade. For one thing, they are currently held up in court, and they wouldn't take effect for several years anyway. More notable,coal is getting hammered by competition from natural gas made cheap by fracking, as well as the exploding solar and wind industries. In the last town corridor, or Clinton said that under her administration,"I achieve not think there will be many places in America where fracking will continue to take space." Since a widespread decline in gas consumption would most likely lead to an increase in coal consumption, it's possible that Clinton's energy policy could be just the opposite of the "war on coal" Paul describes.Although Bernie Sanders is also a vociferous ((adj.) loud, boisterous) proponent of clean energy, and Clinton is so far the only candidate in the race to produce a specific plan for supporting coal communities affected by the transition to a cleaner energy economy. Still,Sanders appears to be crushing Clinton in coal states that beget had primaries so far. So it probably doesn't serve her campaign well to remind people that for a small number of communities, the fight against climate change could mean the conclude of a traditionally notable field of employment.
Source: motherjones.com