By David Jenkins | The News & Observer
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are posted for discussion purposes only.)
There is a war on energy, but the target is not coal, it is wind and solar energy
We have all heard about President Obama’s “war on coal,” but the challenges facing the coal industry are much more complex than the “war” label would imply.
There is a war on energy, but the target is not coal, it is wind and solar energy.
The attack dogs in this war are funded by Koch Industries and include Americans for Prosperity, American Energy Alliance and the American Legislative Exchange Council. They frame their attacks as a defense of the free market and fiscal conservatism. Yet even a cursory examination of their positions reveals they’re not defending the free market but attempting to protect the fossil fuel industry from competition.
