It should not surprise anyone that the CEO of a coal company does not want to solve the climate crisis. I hope the interests of everyday Americans will prevail over the fossil fuel CEOs that have a vested interest in carbon dioxide pollution.
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I just want to say I love Bob Murray and I am keeping him lifted up to God in my... [MORE]
Nina MacFarlane
Aug 24, 2007 23:32
The shift in sources of power from fossil fuels to renewable energy will open more avenues for economic gain than... [MORE]
Stephen A. Harper pres. Oakridge farms Inc
Apr 9, 2007 08:46
Global Warming..... How long has the world been around. How long have people been mining coal. What is going to... [MORE]
dugan
Apr 6, 2007 21:02
I'm amazed by the comments by Mr. Murray. Al Gore is not a bad person just because he "can afford... [MORE]
James Pfeifer
Apr 6, 2007 17:49
Interestingly Mr. Murray escapes the same level of scrutiny that is given to the global warming spokes people. Instead of... [MORE]
Kevin Biegler
Apr 6, 2007 06:03
In a time when our country needs to be focused,there is little time for the traveling feint show that is... [MORE]
Charles Haling
Apr 5, 2007 16:11
It is simply another socialist anti-capitalist attempt to undermine America. Notice how the Greens still can't get excited about nuclear... [MORE]
Jeff
Apr 5, 2007 09:32
Everyone knows everything goes in cycles. That whole saying, what goes around comes around, works for EVERYTHING. Think about it.... [MORE]
Clint Daniels
Apr 5, 2007 01:08
I disagree and I agree. Man has an obligation to better himself and those around him. It is what we... [MORE]
Keith Jensen
Jun 21, 2007 17:33
Without getting into the philosphy of environmentalism or economic impacts, I'm wondering how mankind
came to the conclusion that we can... [MORE]
WILLIAM BESS
Apr 4, 2007 17:50
1) Global warming (latest iteration) MAY be happening, but a .7 degree change over 100 years is hardly a trend... [MORE]
Dennis
Apr 4, 2007 17:18
Tonight, as I drive home, 20 miles, alone, in my 14.4 mpg GMC Yukon, I will look forward a typical... [MORE]
Steve Hamilton
Apr 4, 2007 16:57
The thing that just kills me is the short-sightedness of some of the people attacking Al Gore. There is no... [MORE]
danielsan
Apr 4, 2007 17:35
Lets look at where some of the doom and gloom warming people have gotton their money from.
Al Gore has money... [MORE]
PhilipM
Apr 5, 2007 19:27
Comments of men like Bob Murray are a disgrace. He is not standign up for the "little guy" he is... [MORE]
Dan Stewart
Apr 4, 2007 16:51
It is obvious that you unfortunately have no idea what you are talking about. MINES ARE SAFE.
Mining is one of... [MORE]
miner
Apr 4, 2007 16:57
So is Mr. Murray commenting on the same "little people" that HE will replace as SOON as these automated processes... [MORE]
rstybeach
Apr 4, 2007 18:12
This has nothing to do with whether "coal mines are safe."
The facts are that the facts are unknown. The "science"... [MORE]
John Zaleski, Ph.D.
Apr 6, 2007 16:45
We live in a time when corporations and governments are uniting to exploit our collective ignorance and consent for the... [MORE]
David Walker
May 22, 2007 12:56
This reminds me when I was growing up and people were claiming that cigarettes caused harm to the lungs, without... [MORE]
Pat
Apr 4, 2007 16:49
Well spotted, Mr. Murray. Finally, someone has the intestinal fortitude to call the enviro-liars on their mendacity.
I'll take the word... [MORE]
Mike C
Apr 4, 2007 16:24
25 years ago they were warning us about Global Cooling. A Consensus IS NOT SCIENCE.
It would be very helpful to... [MORE]
Pat
Apr 4, 2007 16:20
Those lives he speaks so highly of wouldn't need to be ruined if american energy companies were more agile and... [MORE]
angrman
Apr 4, 2007 16:20
If you dare to open your eyes and your minds, if you really want to hear the truth so you... [MORE]
iwrote1
Apr 4, 2007 16:13
Bob Murray should be congratulated for using his entreprenurial spirit to make himself a success. However, he is now one... [MORE]
Bubba Rider
Apr 4, 2007 15:57
Bubba,
Mr. Murry expresses outrage for the people who have had their lives and livelihood destroyed in communities that have been... [MORE]
Jim Peterson
Apr 4, 2007 22:47
This is in response to Mr. Murray's comments. Mr. Murray step outside your world for a minute. This issue is... [MORE]
Rudy Coblentz
Apr 4, 2007 15:53
Okay, some co2 gases are being produced by human activity. But is it potentialy the biggest cause of Global Whining??... [MORE]
Bob Haire
Apr 4, 2007 15:40
It is solely to get the ratings. The more scared people are the more they watch the programs scaring them,... [MORE]
Shaun
Apr 4, 2007 15:22
Why do most people own businesses? To make as much money as they can. What do enviromentalists have to gain... [MORE]
Leah
Apr 4, 2007 15:10
Businesses make a lot of money because we like their products. There is a natural reward system that betters the... [MORE]
Byron Park
Apr 4, 2007 17:56
Assuming, for the sake of argument, mankind IS the cause of global warming, the operative word is MANKIND!
It is then... [MORE]
has the planet's climate changed in the past?
YES
is this a sound 'argument' against present day climate change?/
NO!!!!!!
what simple logic. even... [MORE]
Louis
Apr 4, 2007 14:41
i'm so sick of hearing about these people who think i'm a freak for believing what is fact. use your... [MORE]
bubba
Apr 4, 2007 14:30
for those of you still in the stone age....
carbon dioxide is a HEAT TRAPPING GAS that we've consistently and increasingly... [MORE]
timothy
Apr 4, 2007 14:23
I would listen to a stoic robotic person with a brain before listening to a coal miner who possibly inhaled... [MORE]
Soupgoblin
Apr 4, 2007 14:23
Forget the fact that "global warming" is nothing short of a colossal lie:
Anybody who rises from a hard working coal... [MORE]
Jim
Apr 4, 2007 14:55
Wow, talk about the blind leading the blind. So I should listen to scientists without an axe to grind and... [MORE]
SmelterRat
Apr 4, 2007 16:20
In response to soupgoblin.
If he would spend just one day in a mine where the air is bad, cold... [MORE]
Reggie Spencer
Aug 17, 2007 09:39
Put those who lose jobs from environmental policies on welfare stupid! Give them the dignity they deserve by taxing the... [MORE]
Noel Hugh
Apr 4, 2007 14:14
Anyone who's studied history, politics and religion recognizes that the "Global Warming" movement is a social and political conspiracy in... [MORE]
Eric
Apr 4, 2007 14:14
Am I seriously reading a story about a COAL executive that is saying Gore is crazy??? Incredible...
Let me guess by... [MORE]
IsThisForReal
Apr 4, 2007 14:12
Bravo Alicia Colon for being put up on Drudge!!
http://www.americanlegends.blogspot.com [MORE]
J. Mark English
Apr 4, 2007 14:10
Earth has been through ice ages and warming periods in the past without any fossil fuels being burned or landfills... [MORE]
RushBaby
Apr 4, 2007 14:09
Oddly enough we are not the only planet to be warming at the moment. Why is that? Because the sun... [MORE]
JD
Apr 4, 2007 14:04
The hollywood elites who run junk science like Gore's movie (the same hipocrates who drive 10 MPG Limos, Lambos, and... [MORE]
science rules
Apr 4, 2007 14:03
Let me predict the coming CO2 tax, i can see the writng on the wall. the tax will save the... [MORE]
stephen
Apr 4, 2007 14:37
Let's not forget that Algore is a champion of the crowd that considers carbon dioxide a pollutant. That's right, exhaling... [MORE]
Rick
Apr 4, 2007 13:59
Lets call it like it is. Profitable Al Gore, this man is a mean dude.
I am thankful that we can... [MORE]
James DiGiovanni
Apr 4, 2007 13:41
This isn't a neutral or informed statement - it is from the head of an industry that has an appalling... [MORE]
Brandon
Apr 4, 2007 13:35
The only reason Mr. Murray started his small company is because the previous mine owners left the state and went... [MORE]
Toting Mama
Apr 4, 2007 14:05
He is correct. Gore cannot explain why 'Mars' temps are changing at the same rate as Earths are changing. Gore... [MORE]
marti
Apr 4, 2007 13:27
My father, L.C. (Bud) Campbell, winner of the Erskine Ramsey Medal aand forrmer President of the National Coal Association is... [MORE]
Luther Clyde Campbell, Jr.
Apr 4, 2007 13:20
It's simply astounding how many in the Gore crowd jump onto his bandwagon with their eyes tightly closed. It's no... [MORE]
William Post
Apr 4, 2007 13:18
You are absolutely correct. Mr. Murray misrepresented the history of the Ohio coal mine closings.
Al Gore aside, the coal industry... [MORE]
edna
Apr 4, 2007 13:18
We would only reduce the co2 input to the global climate by 23% (and devistate the US economy). That's not... [MORE]
Larry
Apr 4, 2007 13:17
Maybe you don't worry about your children's future, but I do. Polar ice caps melting and messages from the arctic... [MORE]
MS
Apr 4, 2007 13:17
Your children are more in danger from Islamic extremism and our failed educational system than from global warming. But then... [MORE]
Amo
Apr 4, 2007 13:45
Ok then. I want to hear your proposals on how we do this without jeopardizing the following:
1: Our economy
2: Our... [MORE]
Erik M
Apr 4, 2007 13:59
Worrying about global warming (or spending money on it) is pointless, except in terms of preliminary planning for adaptation.
If global... [MORE]
lenw9
Apr 4, 2007 12:45
Yes. Worrying and NOT doing anything about it is pointless. It's the doing that's the important part. There again, if... [MORE]
Sam
Apr 4, 2007 13:14
Absolutely correct...the climate goes through ups and downs over hundreds of years...we're in a warming trend. 50 years ago scientists... [MORE]
J
Apr 4, 2007 13:23
Coal plants--even those equipped with the best scrubbers--still emit dangerous levels of mercury, a neurotoxin that is very much a... [MORE]
BlueRidge
Apr 4, 2007 12:39
Certainly this man who owns a coal company must only have the best interest of everyone at heart . .... [MORE]
SMP
Apr 4, 2007 12:35
And this is news? Gee, an ex-coal miner and the current ceo of a coal-using energy company hates Gore and... [MORE]
James Dylan
Apr 4, 2007 12:33
The people who say we should kill ourselves today , so we do not kill ourselves tomorrow ,should fall on... [MORE]
Byron
Apr 4, 2007 12:21
Global warming aside, your comments on coal mining are extraordinarily ridiculous. I have lived in NYC for the past 10... [MORE]
HH
Apr 4, 2007 12:18
I want Mr. Murray to run for President! I want to support Mr. Murray in away possible! I want to... [MORE]
Tyler Wolf
Apr 4, 2007 12:18
I have yet to have even one global warming fanatic explain previous periods of global warming. Between 10 to 25000... [MORE]
Ron
Apr 4, 2007 12:10
Sorry, but the science is in... global warming is happening and we are causing it. It is a fact.
If you... [MORE]
Joe Bloggs
Apr 4, 2007 12:03
It was also an undisputed fact that solar eclipses were caused by the gods to show their displeasure with how... [MORE]
Wade
Apr 4, 2007 16:23
I presume that the gentleman to whom you are referring is Rep. Jim Costa of Fresno, CA I will be... [MORE]
Greg Kopp
Apr 4, 2007 11:57
A windmill DOES NOT generate enough electricity to build ANOTHER windmill. Think about that for a second.
Next, Bio-diesel requires plants,... [MORE]
Steve
Apr 4, 2007 11:56
can we get a source on that? sure, it doesn't create diesel to run the heavy machinery to put them... [MORE]
blair
Apr 4, 2007 14:13
I see where all of the planets are warming up. Even poor old Pluto which is way out there. I... [MORE]
John R Baron
Apr 4, 2007 11:51
If the Theory Global Warming is right, then we need to act now to save the only planet we have... [MORE]
Jim
Apr 4, 2007 11:42
You and your hero Al Gore need to do a little more research. I suggest www.globalwarming.org for some information.... [MORE]
BRB
Apr 4, 2007 13:09
I'd like to know who the chairman of the House Energy and Mineral Resources is. His actions show that he... [MORE]
dhw
Apr 4, 2007 11:36
No matter what the Latter Day Luddites say Mr.Murray is part of a dying breed who helped to develop and... [MORE]
grant watt
Apr 4, 2007 12:23
Throughout the history of man there's always been that crowd of self-righteous, know-it-all, doom and gloomers. Fortunately, they've never been... [MORE]
Marty
Apr 4, 2007 11:33
People are becoming scared. Plus having one or two people with PhD's come out of the woodwork to declare humans... [MORE]
Bill
Apr 4, 2007 11:32
Water is plentiful. 344 million cubic MILES for 6 billion persons equals a 50 square mile pool 6 feet deep... [MORE]
Paul M. MacKinney
Apr 4, 2007 13:15
I'm behind Mr. Murray 100%. If more rational people would please speak up about Gore, the liberal media, & the... [MORE]
Denis O'Hara
Apr 4, 2007 11:32
This doomsday story has been told repeatedly over the past few thousand years.
Maybe the threat was different but the message... [MORE]
Ray
Apr 4, 2007 13:18
The earth is about 5 billion years old and has been thru violent changes before man got here. Man has... [MORE]
Jack Ashenfelder
Apr 4, 2007 11:31
When Al Gore speaks of the damage of warming, he speaks not of the damage to the planet but ultimately... [MORE]
John
Apr 4, 2007 11:27
Or perhaps he has created job programs for his laid off employees w/ the $$$ he got from the govn't. [MORE]
TWBOOKKEEP
Apr 4, 2007 11:26
We need more people like Mr. Murray. The issue of Global Warming is another attack on the American Society as... [MORE]
Sal
Apr 4, 2007 11:22
Finally! Somone has the guts to point out the fact the emporer wears no clothes. Man-made global warming is complete... [MORE]
Bob
Apr 4, 2007 11:20
Anybody remember it? When Pinatubo erupted it spewed more toxic gas into the atmosphere in a two day period than... [MORE]
Brad
Apr 4, 2007 11:11
It is entirely possible that the earth is warming. But it is a very large leap for us to blame... [MORE]
MTT
Apr 4, 2007 11:05
"Think of the current ice-covered Greenland being suitable for farming way back when." Submitted by MTT, Apr 4, 2007 11:05,... [MORE]
Mark Lunn
Apr 5, 2007 06:01
Read Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged or log onto her website and you will see the similarities between what she wrote... [MORE]
Grandma Murphy
Apr 4, 2007 11:05
Excellent idea, I did not agree with Aynn Rand when it came ot her spiritual beliefs; but you can not... [MORE]
Russ Ramey
Apr 4, 2007 13:18
If you have followed Winston Churchill's life, the most important battles are often the loneliest. (or should Churchill have buckled... [MORE]
Stephen Doyle
Apr 4, 2007 11:00
Mrs Colon should research the damage done to communities when the coal companies no longer find the area profitable. Basing... [MORE]
Martin Gerard Hanley
Apr 4, 2007 10:59
Consider the fact that NY State at one time was under several hundred feet of glacial ice. Why then did... [MORE]