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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Obama Is Not the Reason Coal Is in Decline

Obama Is Not the Reason Coal Is in Decline

Brad Plumer, Washington Post
Two things about coal are true right now. First, the U.S. coal industry really is in decline — the nation is burning far less coal to generate electricity than it did five years ago. Second, the Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama really has enacted a bunch of new rules that will require coal-fired power plants to curb their pollution. Those rules will all cost money.http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/10/15/the-coal-industry-would-be-in-decline-even-without-obamas-policies/

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