Congressman Wexler Authors Letter to Chairman Dingell on Liquid Coal

(Washington, DC) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) issued the following statement today in regards to the letter he authored to House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman John Dingell:

“Global warming is the greatest environmental challenge of our time, and I strongly believe that Congress must enact policy solutions now that improve US energy security and efficiency. However, it is imperative that the US government not treat liquid coal as one of these solutions. It doubles global warming pollution, costs American taxpayers billions of dollars, wastes massive amounts of water, and exacerbates the impacts of coal mining. Government support for the use of liquid coal as a transportation fuel would only worsen our problems – not strengthen our solutions.”

Congressman Wexler’s letter was co-signed by 43 of his colleagues in Congress. 

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Congressman Wexler is Chairman of the Europe Subcommittee and a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Judiciary Committee; and he also sits on the Financial Services Committee.

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