Trey Grayson showed his connections to the leftist “global warming” alarmists by giving a keynote speech on the issue last year at Eastern Kentucky University as part of the National Focus the Nation event.
“Focus the Nation” is a radical green group that supports the progressive agenda and opposes Kentucky’s coal industry. Additionally, the group is closely associated with self-proclaimed communist Anthony Van Jones. If you don’t recall, Van Jones was the former Green Jobs Czar for President Obama. He had to resign when the media confronted the White House about his radical past.
This group has shown strong support for such harmful initiatives as Cap and Trade legislation, which would raise energy prices for all Americans, and especially hurt Kentuckians. FreedomKentucky outlines some of the disastrous impacts Cap and Trade would have on the Kentucky coal industry:
Over 95 percent of Kentucky’s electricity comes from coal generated power plants. Kentucky is third in the nation in coal production, generating over $3 billion in sales and hundreds of millions in tax revenue. The Kentucky coal industry employs more than 15,000 people.
The “cap and trade” provision will not only devastate the coalfield communities in eastern and western Kentucky, it will destroy large segments of Kentucky’s manufacturing base, particularly energy intensive industries like steel and aluminum.
Kentucky currently produces 30 percent of our nation’s steel and aluminum. Together, these industries employ thousands of Kentuckians in communities like Ashland, Russellville, Sebree, Hawesville and Lewisport. The energy tax in the “cap and trade” provision will significantly increase the cost of producing steel and aluminum, putting our companies at a severe competitive disadvantage compared to their competitors in other countries.
High-end estimates suggest that Cap and Trade will cost the average Kentuckian an extra $1000 a year on their utility bills. This increase in cost may come to Kentuckians when they are already boiling over with the consequences of a weak economy and are least able to condone an attack on the Coal industry, the state’s backbone.
While a Cap and Trade battle in Congress may or may not materialize; the EPA has reported that they may consider going around Congress via regulatory statute in the Clean Air Act.
Trey Grayson’s association with this radical environmentalist group is extremely disturbing.
Nice “No More Coal” sign… hmmm and what do Kentuckians think about coal?
Oh right, it’s a huge part of Kentucky’s economy. So Trey Grayson spoke for a group that wants to ban coal and make Kentucky the next Michigan?
SAVE COAL – VOTE AGAINST TREY
you let me down trey by aligning yourself with anti-coal liberals
Agreed. If Trey cared about coal he wouldn’t buy into this Al Gore nonsense.
Trey will flip flop on global warming to try and get elected. Trust me. He’s a no-good politician.
This guy is up to no good.
I support coal. It is basically the most important issue to me.
I do NOT support Trey Grayson because I know he is lying when he says he supports coal. How can anyone who speaks at an environmentalist global warming lecture be good for Kentucky?
Think it through.