Trump to lift federal coal ban, other green rules, next week: White House

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/bd570db8-2f5f-3920-a4ba-9df3179b671f/ss_democrats-vow-to-fight.html

Trump to lift federal coal ban, other green rules, next week: White House
[Reuters]
ReutersMarch 1, 2017
Trump hosts a House and Senate leadership lunch at the White House in Washington
U.S. President Donald Trump looks up while hosting a House and Senate leadership lunch at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to sign an executive order next week that lifts a ban on new federal coal mining leases and starts the process of killing other Obama-era initiatives to combat global climate change, a White House official said.

"Rescinding federal coal leasing moratorium is part of that executive order, which has lots of different components, including the Clean Power Plan," the official told Reuters on Wednesday by email, confirming the order was scheduled to come next week.

The Clean Power Plan is former President Barack Obama's centerpiece initiative to combat climate change, and requires states to slash emissions of carbon dioxide.

(Reporting by Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

This is great news. Trump needs to void out every Executive Order the worthless obama signed, IMHO.
Especially, the crap that the asshole obama put in place due to the global warming scam..-TYR

[Elessar]

This is great news. Trump needs to void out every Executive Order the worthless obama signed, IMHO.
Especially, the crap that the asshole obama put in place due to the global warming scam..-TYR

Obama's coal ban would have put 100's of thousands of people out of work.

Coal is not just energy...it is used in many other ways.

https://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-coal

[gabosaurus]

The closing of factories put thousands of people out of work. All the "green rules" protect us from turning into China or Mexico City. If you want to exchange drinkable water and breathable air for a few extra jobs, go ahead. But remember: Soylent Green is people!

[Balu]

Coal is a stick of two ends. Brits and Chinese know it pretty well...

http://sam-celitel.ru/_nw/173/01675127.jpg

http://fb.ru/misc/i/gallery/23410/550015.jpg

[sundaydriver]

Obama's coal ban would have put 100's of thousands of people out of work.

Coal is not just energy...it is used in many other ways.

https://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-coal

Coal and it's extracts do have a variety of uses, but that does not diminish the fact that 93% of coal mined goes to generating electricity. As far as future job losses or coal jobs coming back the former will be somewhat true and the latter being obviously false due to economics from natural gas fracking. Most of the coal mined comes from Wyoming with West Virginia a far distant second which means those Appalachia coal mine jobs are gone forever like our reliance at one time of Whale oil once distillation technologies were developed for oil. It's an economical driven change.

Three years ago, the EPA struck a deal (http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/2014/07/28/epa-approves-plan-curtail-operations-navajo-generating-station/13277331/) with the owners of the largest coal plant in the Western U.S. to close the plant by 2044. Now—because of economics, not regulation—the owners plan to shut the plant down by 2019 instead.

https://www.fastcoexist.com/3068458/the-largest-coal-plant-in-the-western-us-is-closing-decades-ahead-of-schedule

[Noir]

Coal is a stick of two ends. Brits and Chinese know it pretty well...


http://fb.ru/misc/i/gallery/23410/550015.jpg

When exactly was this photo meant to be taken?