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Carbon Plan Puts Democrats in Coal States on the Defensive
2014-06-02 12:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Obama administrations proposal for sharp cuts to emissions from power plants complicates the midterm elections this fall for Democrats, especially since some of the battleground states for control of the Senate are tied to the coal economy. Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democrat who is challenging Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican minority leader, here in the most high-profile Senate race this year, has already been portraying herself as a friend of coal and a sharp critic of Mr. Obama....
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