The latest battleground for U.S. President Barack Obama's so -
called war on coal isn't even in the lower forty - eight states.
Not exact matches
While it is still uncertain just how much
coal - energy prices are expected to rise, Rep. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has
called Obama's initiative a «
war on coal,» which he says will cost jobs and hurt businesses.
And much of the country's so -
called war on pollution is centred
on coal where the change in direction is just as startling.
The Obama Administration has what has been
called «the
war on coal.»
What she
calls «claims» from those expressing concerns with the President's plan — that regulating carbon will increase energy prices, hurt the economy, destroy jobs, and wage
war on coal — more accurately reflect the facts.
That pesky Constitution and the Clean Air Act stand in the way of the administration's so -
called Clean Power Plan, the key component in its
War on Coal.
It is far from clear whether Trump can do much more for
coal than remove most or even all the climate - related regulations discouraging the use of
coal, and this may not have a huge effect since to date the major adverse effects of the «
war on coal»
on raising electricity prices have not yet occurred because of the Supreme Court's stay
on the so -
called Clean Power Plan.
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Meanwhile three Republicans from Virginia
called Obama's proposals a «
war on coal,» which would raise energy prices.
The companies have criticized the Obama administration for waging a so -
called «
war on coal,» arguing that the president's policies to curb emissions from power plants are harming energy companies and their customers.
Mitt Romney released new TV ads this week about Obama «ruining» the
coal industry, conveniently timed with a sudden House Republican push for the so - called «Stop the War on Coal Act.&ra
coal industry, conveniently timed with a sudden House Republican push for the so -
called «Stop the
War on Coal Act.&ra
Coal Act.»
President - elect Trump has
called climate change a hoax, and has vowed to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, rescind the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan, and end the so -
called «
War on Coal.»
The regulations are certain to be denounced by House Republicans and the industry as part of what they
call the president's «
war on coal.»
EPA's latest climate alarm - premised
war on coal assault
calls for states to cut CO2 emissions by 30 % from 2005 levels by 2030 despite satellite - recorded flat mean global temperatures over the past 18 years and counting.
The EPA has been attacked
on all sides for what the republican leader, Mitch McConnell, has
called a «
war on coal», particularly in relation to their stance of reducing emissions from
coal - fired electricity plants.