During the campaign, Obama was worried about losing Pennsylvania and Ohio, so he pretended that he was a big fan of coal for a couple of weeks. As soon as the election was over, he returned to his agenda of bankrupting the coal industry and further wrecking the US economy.
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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