ACARE ED Carey Testifies Before EPW: Even More Reasons to Oppose Kerry-Boxer

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Senate Environment and
Public Works Committee held a full committee hearing today on S. 1733, Clean
Energy Jobs and American Power Act.

Carey, in his capacity as President of the Ohio Coal Association, was invited
to testify before the committee. A copy of his written testimony can be
accessed here:
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=dec0a8cc-d350-4ade-9c5a-b22a591f0836

Carey's testimony emphasized four key reasons to oppose Kerry-Boxer:
1. The promise of a green job economy is a myth, particularly in the coal
regions of our country;
2. The impacts of this legislation vary dramatically from region to
region,
with major losers and very few people who might win;
3. The legislation will devastate coal communities, as nothing in this
bill
will protect coal workers or allow our country to continue to use our
most abundant and cheapest form of domestic energy, coal; and

4. The threat that Congress must act in order to stop EPA is a canard and
nothing in this bill stops EPA from acting.

"The Senate needs to consider the hard numbers of total jobs impacted, total
energy production lost, the economic impact on communities and the
far-reaching damage to the manufacturing sectors, GDP and American
competitiveness," said Carey. "I hope that senators listen to constituents and
not to the misinformed and misguided special interests that are pushing the
green jobs myth."

ACARE was formed to fight for the energy supplies that America needs to
maintain its unparalleled social and economic advancement. ACARE believes
that the availability of diverse sources of energy should be based on free
market forces rather than government mandates and preferences, taxpayer
subsidies, and government-sanctioned consumer gouging.

SOURCE American Council for Affordable and Reliable Energy

Audrey Mullen, +1-703-548-1160, for the American Council for Affordable and
Reliable Energy