President Defends His Stance on Coal

The President responded to Congresswoman Capito's question saying he was a supporter of clean coal.

Flashback » Obama: We’ll bankrupt any new coal plants

So, if somebody wants to build a coal plant, they can — it’s just that it will bankrupt them, because they are going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.

Flashback: Obama's chooses this guy to head the Department of Energy--Steven Chu: ‘Coal is My Worst Nightmare’ - Environmental Capital - WSJ

So Steven Chu, President-elect Obama’s likely choice to head the Department of Energy, is a proponent of energy efficiency and conservation as the first step in rejigging America’s energy mix. But since conservation alone won’t do it, what are his ideas about finding new supplies of energy?
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What about other energy sources? Big Coal won’t be very happy if Dr. Chu gets confirmed as head of the DOE—he’s really, really not a big fan. “Coal is my worst nightmare,” he said repeatedly in a speech earlier this year outlining his lab’s alternative-energy approaches.

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