Coal Industry Plugs Into the Campaign
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A group backed by the coal industry and its utility allies is waging a $35 million campaign in primary and caucus states to rally public support for coal-fired electricity and to fuel opposition to legislation that Congress is crafting to slow climate change.
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Foundation Coal debuted on the NYSE yesterday.
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Last August, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry pledged to boost funding for the national park system by $600 million a year by raising fees on mining companies. The National Mining Association immediately denounced the proposal, saying it would cost Nevada, a key battleground state, 44,000 jobs.
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Microblogging hits the campaign trail with dispatches by cellphone and brief moments of reportorial insight.
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In West Virginia mine country, television ads say President Bush has "broken his promise to invest in coal." In Wisconsin, voters see spots saying the factory state "has lost 84,000 manufacturing jobs" under the Republican. And Florida's large retiree population gets a commercial that claims Bush's policies have "banned Americans from buying low-cost drugs from Canada."
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The push for coal-to-liquid fuels reflects a tension between slowing global warming and reducing dependence on foreign oil.
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By John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 9--The states of the industrial Midwest can tilt the 2008 presidential race to their advantage if they unite for the first time behind what a Brookings Institution author calls a common political agenda and near-identical industrial heritage.
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An increasingly vocal, potent and widespread anti-coal movement, including environmentalists, ranchers, farmers, and others, is developing in the West.
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There's something missing in Missouri: presidential campaign ads.
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Gov. Charlie Crist said he did not expect serious opposition from utilities in Florida, where 28 percent of the electricity is produced by coal, a fuel that produces high levels of heat-trapping gases.
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Philadelphia is Bill Clintonâ first campaign stop as the ex-president seeks to rally support for John Kerry. Itâs hard to imagine the Democrats recapturing the White House this year without Pennsylvaniaâs 21 electoral votes.
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Three powerful lobbying forces &#151; automakers, electric utilities and the coal industry &#151; are confounding Democrats' efforts to forge a less-polluting energy policy.
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The race to raise funds, hire top staff, and generate media buzz for the 2008 presidential election is already well under way.
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Candidates made their final pushes with rallies and commercials in states from coast to coast.
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The disappearance of 380 tons of powerful explosives from an Iraq storage depot has become a political football in the US presidential elections as both campaigns look for a last-minute advantage.
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Republicans and Democrats are calling on some heavy hitters to help attract voters as the presidential campaigns enter the homestretch before the November 2 election.
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Houston&#39;s oil-based business community  has teamed up with the oldest environmental organization to  produce a November forum for leading presidential candidates to  discuss U.S. energy policy.