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  1. 12-18-2009, 07:21 PM #1
    Texas2step
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    Byrd's Coal Comments Rock W. Va.

    Byrd's coal comments rock W.Va.

    By: Alex Isenstadt
    December 18, 2009 04:33 AM EST

    An extraordinary recent statement by Sen. Robert Byrd has stunned his coal-dependent home state and left West Virginia politicians and business leaders scrambling to understand the timing and motivation behind his unexpected discourse on the future of the coal industry.

    In an early December op-ed piece released by his office — also recorded on audio by the frail 92-year-old senator — Byrd argued that resistance to constraints on mountaintop-removal coal mining and a failure to acknowledge that “the truth is that some form of climate legislation will likely become public policyâ€
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  2. 12-18-2009, 07:35 PM #2
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    I wonder if the People of West Virginia think Senator Byrd should be their "canary in a coalmine"?
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