By Andy Vuong and John Ingold
The Denver Post

 ..."Walking away from coal power generation is like waving the white flag on energy independence," said Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction. "It's a luxury America does not have."

Baker's appointment to the four-year term requires Senate confirmation. The position pays about $108,000 annually.

Baker said he isn't anti-coal and supports using clean-coal technologies to generate power.

"We can't be anti-coal or anti-natural-gas and expect us to meet our power needs," Baker said....

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