In an interview on CNN, Joe Lucas, the Vice President of the Americans for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) refused to admit that burning coal contributes to globalย warming.
This shouldnโt come as a shocker to anyone in the know, Lucas has spent the better part of decade running public campaigns that donwplay the realities of climate change. As you can see on his new website for ACCCE Lucas is trying hard to shed that past and wrap his latest coal lobby project in a blanket ofย green:
But a wolf can only hide in a sheepโs green clothing for so long before theyย slip.
Lucas stunningly refuses to admit in the CNN interview whether or not the burning of coal even contributes to globalย warming.
NARRATOR: Still, the industry refuses to say its plants contribute to globalย warming.
INTERVIEWER: Can you just answer that yes or noโIf you believe that burning coal causes globalย warming?
JOE LUCAS (shaking head no): I donโt know. I am not aย scientist.
Actually Joe, you donโt need to be a scientist to know that burning coal contributes 40 percent of U.S. CO2ย emissions.
You can watch it online here on CNN.com (approximately 2:00 minutes in): No country for โcoalโย men
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