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The final day of the presidential campaign focused in part on an issue of great importance to workers everywhere-the future of the coal industry.  The San Francisco Chronicle revealed that earlier this year Senator Obama offered the following during the course of an interview:  “If somebody wants to build a coal power plant they can, it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they are going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.”   Senator Obama immediately complained that the quote was taken out of context, and that he was in fact a “strong supporter” of the industry.