The Times Leader Online - Princeton, Kentucky

Continuing his efforts to ensure sweeping climate change legislation currently being debated in the U.S. Congress does not have a detrimental impact on the U.S. economy and coal industry in Kentucky, U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01) joined fellow Members of Congress for a press conference today outside the U.S. Capitol to discuss the importance of coal both as an energy source and as a vital part of local and regional economies.

"The reality is, implementing a cap and trade program before carbon capture and storage technologies are available would have a devastating impact on the U.S. economy," Whitfield said. "In my home state of Kentucky, coal not only provides 92 percent of our electricity, but creates tens of thousands of jobs and generates billions of dollars in revenue. It is essential that as we move forward to produce cleaner energy we balance the need for cleaner fuel sources versus the need for protecting jobs in the U.S. and keeping our country competitive in the global market place."

Why Does President Obama Hate the Polar Bears? » The Foundry

In other words, every action funded by the federal government has the potential to be shut down by the ESA. All that billions of infrastructure funding in Obama’s $787 stimulus bill? It all would increase carbon emissions, so the ESA could kill it all.

No wonder Obama threw the polar bears under the bus.