Bigs Quote by Alison Lundergan Grimes

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns.

— Jeff Goodell

That said, I'm embarrassed and furious that so many coal-state Democrats in the U.S. Senate are paralyzing international progress to protect the short term…

— Denis Hayes

When you talk about the coal communities we need a senator to protect the benefits these coal miners need and deserve and earned, because…

— Amy McGrath

The carbon fuels industry-big oil and coal-have a 50-year lease on the Republican Party and they are drilling it for everything it's worth.

— Al Gore

I figured out Karl Rove's political strategy -- make gas so expensive, no Democrats can afford to go to the polls.

— John F. Kerry

Millions upon millions of secret spending by the fossil fuel industry that was unleashed by the disastrous 2010 Citizens United Supreme Court decision -…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Republicans like to accuse Democrats of trying to 'pick winners and losers.' They say we should run government 'like a business' and let 'the…

— Tom Steyer

Bloomberg's $50 million is not going to revolutionize the electric power industry. But his willingness to fight is already inspiring others to see Big…

— Jeff Goodell

What you don't hear from these GOP candidates is that they really can't go after this president on domestic production of oil and gas.…

— Jared Bernstein

Folks should be able to harvest, store, use, or sell their own energy as they see fit. This is not a Democratic nor Republican…

— Mark Ruffalo

I learned in the Marines to leave no one behind, but after 34 years in Washington, Mitch McConnell left our coal miners behind years ago.

— Amy McGrath

Mitch McConnell is a professional arm twister. He's done this for many years. He has a lot of power in his caucus.

— Claire McCaskill