Actually the Democrats started banning all construction of power plants in the U.S. right after the 2008 election before Obama had even been inaugurated. Read the article at the link and understand how bad things are.
http://www.grist.org/article/is-that-a-bonanza-in-your-docket/
The Obama administration has also worked to shut down existing power plants.
The one disagreement I have with you is that Obama's supporters, the Democrats and the environmentalists have been working to reduce the amount of fossil fuel power plants long before Obama became president. The replacement of reliable coal and natural gas fired generation with totally unreliable wind energy is responsible for the capacity problems in Texas and the Southwest.
I agree with you, but that wouldn't have been 0bama, however.
The Obama administration has also worked to shut down existing power plants.
No doubt true, but that's not the point of the title of the article.
The one disagreement I have with you is that Obama's supporters, the Democrats and the environmentalists have been working to reduce the amount of fossil fuel power plants long before Obama became president. The replacement of reliable coal and natural gas fired generation with totally unreliable wind energy is responsible for the capacity problems in Texas and the Southwest.
No disagreement from my end. I know for years that there have been draconian coal fired emissions laws on the books that grandfathered in existing plants until they were expanded. As a result, plants were never expanded in capacity, and Kalifornia had their rolling blackouts a few summers ago in what, 2005?
Again, I am NOT defending either the 0bama or DemocRATs energy policies. I'm just calling BS on the headline to this article.