Democrats blast coal CEOs on climate stance,safety issues in wake of W.Va. mining disaster

摘要

In a tense hearing interrupted once by anti-coal protestors,nHouse Democrats last week scolded the CEOs of the top two USncoal-mining companies for their opposition to climate-changenlegislation, while the executives and Republicans defended thenindustry as the cheapest source of energy, vital to the country’sncontinued economic prosperity.