Ahead of a run for the White
House, Hillary Clinton is confronting push from the clean coal industry to take
a stance on the fuel source.
The Democratic front-runner for a 2016 presidential
bid had backed President Obama’s climate agenda, specifically supporting his
carbon pollution rule on existing power plants.
The American Coalition for
Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is urging Clinton to back coal as a source of “reliable,
affordable” electricity for the United States.
In
Clinton’s 2008 bid for the presidency, she supported coal. During a campaign
stop in Indiana, Clinton was also noted as saying “we are going to use coal,” according
to footage provide by the industrygroup.
"There’s no doubt about
that. It’s just that we’ve got to figure out how to make it as clean as coal
can be," Clinton said.
Laura Sheehan of ACCCE is
assessing potential 2016 presidential candidates stance on the issue.
"As candidates throw
their hats into the 2016 presidential race, we’ll be taking a close look at
their records on energy policy and watching to see whether they choose to
follow President Obama’s misguided climate policy or support U.S. jobs,"
Sheehan said.
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