I Do the Drudge Juxtaposition… and smell something rotten

EPA: Jobs are nice, but animals are more important

 http://www.globalwarming.org/2011/08/16/latest-front-along-president%e2%80%99s-war-on-appalachian-coal-jobs-for-minnows/ 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/48816594/William-Yeatman-EPA-Guilty-of-Environmental-Hyperbole   Note: this is the 19-page CEI report

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Wind Farm-supporting commissioner: Animals are nice, but jobs are more important

“We would like to have no bird deaths and no bird injuries. But, once again, we have to balance all the needs of society. All the people who want to flip their switch and have electricity in their homes,” said  Lorelei Oviatt, Kern County planning commissioner. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/16/energy-in-america-dead-birds-unintended-consequence-wind-power-development/#ixzz1VKsmcZFQ

Who knew? Evidently birds and animals hurt by fossil fuels complain more than those hurt by Big Green-approved energy.  This isn’t abstract rhetoric here in Appalachia, families and economies are hurting and will be devastated if the EPA and DOE have their way in the future.

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