Predictably, President Barack Obama’s forceful call last week for steps to slow global warming, in part by cutting emissions from coal-burning power plants, was met with a blast of hot air from Kentucky’s two U.S. senators.
...Instead of working to position Kentucky for a future not so dependent on a single — and shrinking — industry, (Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul) are among leaders who fall back on empty rhetoric about the “war on coal” with little to offer Kentucky’s working people in terms of future solutions.
...Too many are willing to bet against the future, among them Senators McConnell and Paul, who instead choose short-term political exploitation.
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Leaving flat earth to save the earth
An editorial in today's Courier-Journal:
