Sept. 24, 2008
Obama-Biden Campaign Announces Clean Coal Jobs Task Force, Announces Support for Energy Package
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From an Obama-Biden Campaign news release
Chicago, IL (HNN) -- On Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, the Obama-Biden campaign announced a Clean Coal Jobs Task Force, aimed at furthering Senator Obama and Senator Biden's commitment to creating jobs and energy independence through clean coal.
The Task Force is made up of members representing workers from key coal-producing states and will work to promote the Obama-Biden agenda to invest in advanced coal-based technologies, create more jobs in the coal sector and enhance mine safety.
The Task Force also joins Senator Obama and Senator Biden in supporting the Senate energy package being debated today that would offer $1.5 billion in investment in clean coal, and call on Senator McCain to do the same. According to Congressional Quarterly, McCain has refused to embrace this proposal to invest in clean coal and carbon sequestration and make big oil pay its fair share.
"Senator Obama has represented a coal-producing state and understands its importance in powering our economy and increasing our energy independence. Ohio's future in coal production is bright under an Obama/Biden Administration, which will support the creation and deployment of clean coal technology and create new jobs," said Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.
"Sen. Barack Obama is from a coal state and clearly understands the long-term role coal can play in our nation's energy future. He has pledged to fund development of CCS technology so that it can be deployed as soon as possible. He has said that America is the "Saudi Arabia of coal" and that we ought to be working as hard as we can to figure out how to use it for decades to come," said United Mine Workers President, Cecil Roberts.
Members of the Clean Coal Jobs Task Force:
Develop and Deploy Clean Coal Technology. Carbon capture and storage technologies hold enormous potential to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as we power our economy with domestically produced and secure energy. As a U.S. Senator, Obama has worked tirelessly to ensure that clean coal technology becomes commercialized. An Obama administration will provide incentives to accelerate private sector investment in commercial scale zero-carbon coal facilities. In order to maximize the speed with which we advance this critical technology, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will instruct DOE to enter into public private partnerships to develop 5 "first-of-a-kind" commercial scale coal-fired plants with carbon capture and sequestration.
Obama Passed An Amendment Supported by Biden To Add $200M For Carbon Capture And Sequestration Technology In Senate's FY 2008 Budget. Obama was the chief sponsor of an amendment to the 2008 Senate Budget resolution that added $200 million for Function 270 (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and sequestration technology by the Department of Energy. [SA 599 to SCR 21, Agreed to by Unanimous Consent, 3/23/07]
Biden Proposed Energy Plan That Would Invest In Technologies To Use Coal More Cleanly. In 2007, Biden proposed an energy plan, "Joe Biden supports more than $50 billion in new incentives for research into: alternative fuel and energy sources, renewable energy technology, nuclear waste management and safety, and carbon capture and sequestration technologies that could allow us to use coal cleanly." [Biden for President Press Release, 11/20/07]
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Obama-Biden Campaign Announces Clean Coal Jobs Task Force, Announces Support for Energy Package
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
From an Obama-Biden Campaign news release
Chicago, IL (HNN) -- On Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, the Obama-Biden campaign announced a Clean Coal Jobs Task Force, aimed at furthering Senator Obama and Senator Biden's commitment to creating jobs and energy independence through clean coal.
The Task Force is made up of members representing workers from key coal-producing states and will work to promote the Obama-Biden agenda to invest in advanced coal-based technologies, create more jobs in the coal sector and enhance mine safety.
The Task Force also joins Senator Obama and Senator Biden in supporting the Senate energy package being debated today that would offer $1.5 billion in investment in clean coal, and call on Senator McCain to do the same. According to Congressional Quarterly, McCain has refused to embrace this proposal to invest in clean coal and carbon sequestration and make big oil pay its fair share.
"Senator Obama has represented a coal-producing state and understands its importance in powering our economy and increasing our energy independence. Ohio's future in coal production is bright under an Obama/Biden Administration, which will support the creation and deployment of clean coal technology and create new jobs," said Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.
"Sen. Barack Obama is from a coal state and clearly understands the long-term role coal can play in our nation's energy future. He has pledged to fund development of CCS technology so that it can be deployed as soon as possible. He has said that America is the "Saudi Arabia of coal" and that we ought to be working as hard as we can to figure out how to use it for decades to come," said United Mine Workers President, Cecil Roberts.
Members of the Clean Coal Jobs Task Force:
Rep. Rick Boucher, VAObama and Biden on Clean Coal:
Sen. Sherrod Brown, OH
Sen. Robert Casey, PA
Gov. Ed Rendell, PA
Cecil Roberts, United Mine Workers President
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, WV
Gov. Brian Schweitzer, MT
Gov. Ted Strickland, OH
Rep. Charlie Wilson, OH
Develop and Deploy Clean Coal Technology. Carbon capture and storage technologies hold enormous potential to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as we power our economy with domestically produced and secure energy. As a U.S. Senator, Obama has worked tirelessly to ensure that clean coal technology becomes commercialized. An Obama administration will provide incentives to accelerate private sector investment in commercial scale zero-carbon coal facilities. In order to maximize the speed with which we advance this critical technology, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will instruct DOE to enter into public private partnerships to develop 5 "first-of-a-kind" commercial scale coal-fired plants with carbon capture and sequestration.
Obama Passed An Amendment Supported by Biden To Add $200M For Carbon Capture And Sequestration Technology In Senate's FY 2008 Budget. Obama was the chief sponsor of an amendment to the 2008 Senate Budget resolution that added $200 million for Function 270 (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and sequestration technology by the Department of Energy. [SA 599 to SCR 21, Agreed to by Unanimous Consent, 3/23/07]
Biden Proposed Energy Plan That Would Invest In Technologies To Use Coal More Cleanly. In 2007, Biden proposed an energy plan, "Joe Biden supports more than $50 billion in new incentives for research into: alternative fuel and energy sources, renewable energy technology, nuclear waste management and safety, and carbon capture and sequestration technologies that could allow us to use coal cleanly." [Biden for President Press Release, 11/20/07]
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