Posted on 12/19/2016 6:52:07 AM PST by george76
At virtually the last possible moment, the Obama administration on Monday rolled out new regulations making it even more difficult and more costly to mine coal in the U.S., a final shot against the already beleaguered coal industry as the president leaves office.
The Interior Department’s Stream Protection Rule will go into effect 30 after its official release and publication in the federal register, meaning it likely will be implemented Jan. 19 — one day before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Mr. Trump has vowed to undo much of his predecessor’s environmental regulations, including rules that target coal mining.
The regulations will add significant new costs to coal-mining companies, many of which are already struggling to stay afloat. Critics, including leaders in the energy sector and Republicans on Capitol Hill, have said the proposal surely will lead to even more layoffs in the sector.
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This is incredibly spiteful.
No serious worry needed. Executive Branch decisions can be reversed quite easily - “O” showed us how easily.
To be rolled back Jan 21st.
Can’t TRUMP put a freeze on all regulations until they are reviewed?
7.8 of being lazy and useless, now spiteful. What a narcissistic jagoff.
Just flipping us off as he drives away, ‘specially those clingers in PA, OH, and WV.
More of 0bama’s spiteful evil for you to undo, Don.
Another midnight rule.
Look for it to be overturned once Trump takes office.
What would one expect of a soulless ghoul?
What I wish upon him would get me banned from FR if I posted it.
Which President Trump will rightfully trash after we finally get a mature non-Muslim human for president.
I only hope that someday, he has to WORK for a living. It would only be just if he had to live under the same regulations he has gleefully placed on others “below” him.
Gonna be a great New Year!
Interesting idea- blanket freeze on enforcing or funding every action signed by obama since the election pending a full review line by line
Thankfully these stupid liberal zealots don’t realize they tipped their hand by their timing
Work?
Bullhockey. Ask yourself if you would ever have to work again when a lot of that Stimulus shovel ready is unaccounted for, State department has 6B unaccounted for and I’m sure the list goes on and on or how quickly have we forgotten Solyndra?
There is a payoff for every shadow deal, including the Iran deal. The challenge is to expose it.
Actually, he’s laying the foundation for later claims to his party’s faithful of all the things he accomplished. We know he didn’t accomplish a dang thing of value but his party’s faithful are truly stupid. They’ll believe what they’re told no matter how idiotic.
It worked for Bill Clinton.
Clinton was easily as rabidly leftard as Obama, but his party faithful have successfully recast him as an effective ‘centrist’.
And not only his party’s faithful. You’ve find a plentitude of idiots that aren’t leftardic in their overall ideology that’ve been spun around and put on their knees by the propaganda that redefined Clinton.
Good idea of driving away more people from the Dems to Trump!
and Kentucky
To borrow a phrase from a Freeper whose name I cannot remember, Democrats weild power while in office while Republicans just hold office. I pray that Trump will back up his words with action, but I fear that Congress, Courts, and protected bureaucrats will make every effort to stymie our new president.
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