"McConnell’s Opposition To Green New Deal Comes As He Backs Coal"

"WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants to put Democratic presidential candidates in an uncomfortable position by forcing them to vote on the controversial Green New Deal being pitched by rising Democratic star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

But he also wants to promote his own long-held support for not-so-green measures.

The Kentucky Republican routinely accused former President Barack Obama of waging a “war on coal” for imposing clean air standards on aging power plants."

Lesley Clark reports for McClatchy February 15, 2019.

SEE ALSO:

"Green Groups Hammer Trump Over Emergency Declaration" (The Hill)

"Peter Dykstra: Green New Deal, meet Old Red Scare" (Environmental Health News)

Source: McClatchy, 02/18/2019