Issue Position: Coal and Energy

Issue Position

Read Natalie's Full Coal and Energy Jobs Agenda HERE: http://natalietennant.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/COALANDENERGYJOBSAGENDA1.pdf.

God has blessed West Virginia with energy resources from coal to natural gas to wind and solar. With our research facilities and the know-how of our people, West Virginia can lead the way in American energy independence.

I refuse to accept that we must choose between clean air and good-paying jobs. West Virginia can lead the country in developing the technology that allows us to do both. Instead of working against West Virginia with reckless regulations that hurt coal jobs, Washington should work with West Virginia to bring new technologies to market that will keep coal strong.

I will fight President Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and anyone else who tries to undermine West Virginia coal jobs. I strongly oppose President Obama's regulations on coal-fired power plants because they are based on technology that either does not exist, or is too expensive to implement without causing significant job losses or jeopardizing electricity reliability.

I am pro-coal, pro-coal miner and pro-coal miner safety. The current gridlock in Washington has let down our miners. This is unacceptable. In the Senate I will fight tirelessly to keep our miners working and fight just as hard to keep them safe.

Responsible development of the Marcellus Shale will allow West Virginia to create thousands of new jobs and provide increased revenue for our communities and local and state governments. And we can do that while also protecting our water-- as well as our roads, farmland, and communities.

I support a true all-of-the-above energy strategy. In addition to coal and natural gas, I support efforts to increase manufacturing jobs in wind and solar. These good-paying jobs will grow steadily in the coming years and we need to grow those jobs in the United States, not China.

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