Posted on 08/10/2013 8:11:42 PM PDT by lowbridge
Coal industry lobbyists and politicians have been urging the Obama administration to ease up on its regulatory agenda and craft carbon dioxide emission rules that would allow the coal industry to survive.
All the while, reports indicate that hundreds of coal plants are slated to be shut down in the coming years.
The unveiling of President Obama’s plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants earlier this summer stoked the fears of coal supporters who have already been hit hard by stricter environmental regulations.
However, the industry is not going down without a fight.
Coal lobbyists met with White House officials at the end of July, the Hill newspaper reports, to ask the administration to consider a plan that would allow new coal plants to be built.
Earlier this year the Obama administration put forward rules that would have effectively banned building new coal plants, unless they utilized carbon capture technology.
“In Kentucky, coal is not just an energy source, it’s a way of life,” reads a letter from 50 Kentucky Republican and Democratic state legislators, urging Obama to reconsider new rules for carbon emissions limits. “In Kentucky alone, the loss would measure in the billions of dollars — both from declines in the industry and what are predicted to be steep increases in energy costs.”
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Lol. We warned everyone of this how many times?
That is all that Obama is doing [implementing UN Agenda 21].
Me too. That is what the idiots voted for. He plainly stated what he intended to do before he was elected the first time. This was probably the only time he has told the truth since he has been occupying the White House. now that are finally getting what they voted for, the idiots are crying. Let them cry. There is no cure for stupidity. When the policies they voted for kill them, maybe the survivors can start anew and rebuild.
So long 10 cents a kilowatt/hr........
By the way I'm forced to be a Teamster and have not missed a due in 27 years. I despise unions but have no choice. Union leadership loves obama not rank and file. I'll put my conservative credentials up against yours any day. Don't presume to lecture me about the ills of unions.
A good portion of California’s electricity comes from COAL FIRED GENERATING PLANTS in Utah and Nevada.
The coal miner’s unions should have gone full out to defeat Obama instead of merely refusing to endorse him. Sometimes you get what you deserve.
The stupids of West Virginia elected Joe Manchin who everyone knows is up obammys ass
If the coal industry is shut down and they all lose their jobs they have only to look in any mirror
Thanks, coal country looks pretty blue to me.
Fogedaboutit!! Barky is on a roll to destroy the US economy. Nothing can stop him now.
Yes, they did.
Exactly. Start announcing rolling black outs as plants are idled.
This is exactly the same bigotry I saw George Wallace and Lester Maddox direct toward blacks back when I was a young man. The end result this time will likely be everyone hating everyone else who doesn’t look, talk and act like themselves.
At least George Wallace later in life apologized.
Union Coal Miners in our neck of the woods overwhelmingly voted for Obama...
As the kids say: "Own it Bitches..."
In the 2012 presidential election, West Virginia cast 412,406 votes (or 62.3 percent) for Mitt Romney, versus 234,925 votes (or 35.5 percent) for Barack Obama.
Yes but I don’t expect any of the DC crew to apologize. Wallace used “ni##erbaiting for political gain, Obama, Holder and crew really believe the sh!t they are spouting.
I must be thinking of another state. I’ll figure it out.
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