Big Coal plays politics in US
Posted Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:13:00 GMT by Steve Humphreys
Big Coal is spending money in the US to make sure that an anti-environmental message stays at the top of the political agenda. Big Coal - the politically powerful lobbying and funding by the US coal industry - has a great deal of influence in West Virginia, as well as the other Rust Belt states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois. Governors and political parties know that funding from Big Coal may make or break a campaign, and they need to win votes from an electorate who are employed in, or dependent on, the coal industry.
Big Coal plays politics in US