A Rally in Support of Coal and a Protest Against Big-Government
The West Virginia Conservative Foundation is hosting a rally in support of coal on Wednesday, October 7th at noon on the grounds of the State Capitol. The Rally will be in support of the coal industry, which employs tens of thousands of local families, and will also be a protest against big-government and the recent actions taken by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Last week, the EPA announced that it was holding up 79 surface mining permits across the country, with 23 of them being right here in West Virginia. While some local elected officials like Congressman Nick Jo Rahll defended the actions of President Obama’s EPA, Governor Joe Manchin spoke strongly against the actions of the EPA: “Right now, my belief is that they’re trying to kill off surface mining through regulation what they cannot get done through legislation.”
The West Virginia Conservative Foundation has held several pro-coal events, with the main focus being against Cap and Trade legislation currently being debated in Congress. Our series of town hall meetings and rallies have attracted over 500 here in Charleston, over 200 in Beckley and almost 125 in Huntington. Future events are planned for Morgantown and Princeton.
Congress is currently considering the the new Kerry/Boxer Cap and Trade bill, which will kill over 11,000 West Virginia jobs that would be outsourced to countries that do not have pollution controls, and raise costs on American families by as much as $1,800 a year. You can help by going to http://www.dontcapandtradeourjobsWV.com and say NO to the Boxer/Kerry jobs killing cap and trade bill.
I remember seeing Rockefeller on TV at a coal miners picnic in Marion County campaigning for Obama . How’s that working out for your union? Are the miners aware that the Rockefeller Foundation gives lots of money to anti coal groups. And who sits on the board. Why Rockefeller’s son and daughter in law. WAKE UP WV and VOTE ROCKEFELLER OUT!! They are purposely destroying our economy.
It’s time for Rocky to go and take Rahall with him!
Where is the outrage in WV against those in Congress (Rocky/Obama/Rahall) that are destroying the coalfields and next: oil and gas? When are the workers going to get active and concerned? Or is everyone pacified by the extended unemployment benefits? Those too, will come to an end. The U.S. economy is tanking….and WV is next if this outrageous EPA SHOVE is not stopped.