Obama declared war on coal before he was ever elected. This isn’t news.
Let see now, how many states that are dependent on coal production voted for Obama?
Yep. The only difference now is that he has the power to follow through.
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Putting the criminalization of coal into action IS news. There is no Congressional authority for such a move that has ever been presented to the Current Occupant of the White Hut. No plan of taxation, no embargos set for the extraction of coal from mining operations, and apparently, no viable alternatives.
I think it was in an election campaign interview in 2008 he said something to the effect.......I will make it too expensive for them (coal companies) the stay in business.