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Coal-fueled Chamber of Commerce demands lawmakers defeat health reform in order to stop clean energy bill

Posted on November 21, 2009

Since health care reform is on the Senate agenda right now, I'm reposting this Think Progress piece. Looks like the WV Chamber is a chip-off-the-block of the incredible shrinking U.S. Chamber. Coal use, of course, is one reason why everyone needs access to health care (see NRC: Burning fossil fuels costs the U.S. $120 billion a year not counting mercury or climate impacts! ). See also If you want smarter kids, shut coal plants. Corporate front groups and large business trade associations are funneling their resources into defeating health reform. Even though health reform ...

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