Politically correct coal rally missed the target

The Obama administration must be relieved that speakers at Tuesday’s pro-coal rally in Washington, D.C., only brought up arguments that media will pay little attention to. Job losses and increased costs, the issues presenters cited as consequences of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new coal plant emission regulations, are certainly important. But reporters have heard it all before. Most simply accept these sacrifices as necessary to ‘fight climate change.’

Had the rally focused instead on attacking the most important, yet most vulnerable reason for the EPA’s so-called war on coal — the science that backs fears of dangerous man-made climate change —things would have been very different. Media coverage would have been intense with climate campaigners and miners squaring off on one of the most controversial issues of our time. Then, the impact of the administration’s plans on jobs and prices would have received far broader coverage as well.

Read More…