Coal Fights Obama with NASCAR, YouTube Campaigns
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From NASCAR and YouTube to campaign donations and Washington lobbyists, coal supporters are embracing an all-of-the-above strategy to defend the industry against what they consider regulatory overreach in Washington.
While President Barack Obama has said he supports energy development of all kinds, he didn’t mention coal during his State of the Union address or during a four-state, two-day tour promoting his policies, an omission the industry took as a slight. Worse still in the eyes of coal backers are a series of regulations related to air pollution and mountaintop mining.