MINERS BACK CALL FOR GREENHOUSE GAS LIMITS IN BIPARTISAN ENERGY REPORT

The United Mine Workers of America is endorsing recommendations by a bipartisan energy policy commission that call for mandatory controls on greenhouse gas emissions in conjunction with a new federal program to promote specific clean-coal technology. Sources say the endorsement may indicate growing momentum for global warming regulations, but backs policy initiatives less stringent than a climate change bill by Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT). Mine workers in the past have raised concerns about the potential economic...