Obama declared war

Phil Kerpen, American Commitment: So much for the denials. An administration that throughout its 2012 re-election campaign denied it was waging a War on Coal has now come out and publicly declared its intention to shut down coal-fired power plants – putting hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and sending electricity prices skyrocketing.

You heard Obama say "all of the above" a thousand times on the campaign trail. You saw the corrupt liberal media endlessly repeat that the war on coal was a myth. But we knew the truth, and now that Obama is re-elected, he's basically come out and openly declared his War on Coal.

This week a top Obama global warming adviser told the New York Times that the denials were just election-year politics. He said: “Politically, the White House is hesitant to say they’re having a war on coal. On the other hand, a war on coal is exactly what’s needed.”

It’s right there on page 19 of his Climate Action Plan: “Going forward, we will promote fuel-switching from coal to gas for electricity production.”

Coal still produces 37 percent of U.S. electricity. A Heritage Foundation analysis found that implementing Obama’s proposed regulation on existing coal plants would destroy more than 500,000 jobs, slash the income of a typical family of four more than $1,400 a year, and increase electricity prices at least 20 percent. Price spikes could be much higher in states that depend heavily on coal-fired power plants. President Obama once famously explained that he intended to make electricity prices “necessarily skyrocket.”

Today we launched a new ad in Virginia that's posted on our War on Coal site. With your help we'll continue to keep the pressure on and demand Congress stop Obama's War on Coal.

We must fight back! Please click here NOW to urge Congress to stop Obama's War on Coal.

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