ACCCE Forges Claim of Vet Groups Support for Coal

It is hard to beat the US Chamber's tin ear when it comes to climate change, but I have to hand it to ACCCE - they have managed, once again, to put themselves at the head of the "blundering boob brigade."
Today, ACCCE sent out an email implying that Votevets and Operation Free support ACCCE's coal-driven agenda.

Greetings!

With Veterans Day around the corner, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on all the military personnel who are involved in ensuring our country is protected.

Energy security is one issue that has become increasingly important to our veterans. In fact, national veterans groups Votevets and Operation Free are urging the government to become more energy independent and less reliant on foreign oil.

We can do this by using the abundant domestic fuels we already have. With more than 250 billion tons of recoverable coal reserves, the United States has more coal than the Middle East has oil.

What a gross insult. Votevets and Operation Free support strong climate legislation and renewable energy. They are not pro-coal. For goodness sake, the first message Operation Free's website delivers is "Secure America with Renewable Energy."

But in case ACCCE didn't bother looking more closely at their websites, there was a major story in Politico today entitled "Veterans join front lines of climate fight" which featured VoteVets discussing its work to support a clean energy and climate bill.