RICHLANDS, Va. — A town hall forum on coal and energy turned into a debate Monday over the federal cap and trade measure.
Several citizens questioned why U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., voted in support of the cap and trade bill. Boucher hosted Monday’s meeting.
“To place an entire economic system at risk for an unproven theory seems a little bit risky to me,” said David Moore of North Tazewell, Va.. who questioned the concept of global warming and climate change during the town hall forum held on the campus of Southwest Virginia Community College.
“I’m definitely against cap and trade,” Bobby May of Hurley, who brought an anti cap and trade sign to Monday’s meeting, added. “I think you made a big mistake not voting against it. You sir are the only representative from a coal community to vote for cap and trade. Please explain to me sir what made you so smart, and made all of those other representatives dumb.”
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