Murray v. Musk: CEOs spar over energy subsidies

Published October 10, 2016 7:56pm ET



Coal CEO Robert Murray on Monday defended his industry against cleaner technologies that he accused of taking government subsidies without turning a profit, while bashing the policies of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

The head of the Ohio-based Murray Energy went on CNBC to go after Clinton by accusing electric carmaker Tesla of building cleaner technologies at taxpayer expense.

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