Coal companies have been scorched under Obama
Aug 03, 2015· Cheap natural gas is killing coal: Coal''s downfall has been in the making for a long time. Its collapse accelerated after Obama took office, but the White House may not .
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Aug 03, 2015· Cheap natural gas is killing coal: Coal''s downfall has been in the making for a long time. Its collapse accelerated after Obama took office, but the White House may not .
Trump seeks to ax Appalachia economic programs, causing worry in coal country. ... President Barack Obama, are expected to create or retain more than 23,670 jobs and train and educate over 49,000 ...
Jan 23, 2017· Kentucky pushed Obamacare as anything but Obamacare in order to sidestep political hostility to the president, whose position on coal made him unpopular in a state with roughly half the coal .
But coal plants are closing at a rapid pace because of economics and competing power sources. As Bloomberg wrote, "What was true under President Barack Obama is still true today: Coal''s share of the power mix is declining, and wind and solar remain the fastestgrowing sources of electricity." Coal''s decline has also been attributed to ...
A mural of a coal miner is visible in an empty storefront as signs advertising vacant apartments and stores hang in the windows along the main business street in Cumberland, Kentucky in October 2014.
Jun 02, 2014· Obama''s ''war on coal'' doesn''t exist. ... Their bogus claim: Overreaching federal regulations are killing coal jobs. Central Appalachia is a crucible for the midterms, as a recent ... For Senate hopefuls running in traditionally coalfriendly states such as West ia and Kentucky, painting Obama as anticoal is practically a ...
investment in renewable energy outpaces fossil fuels ... who rarely misses an opportunity to blame Obama''s "War on Coal" for killing mining jobs. ... "We''ve seen the economic ...
Jun 22, 2017· John Oliver: it''s time for Trump to stop lying to coal miners On Last Week Tonight, Oliver does two things that are rare in mainstream media reports about coal.
EPA chief Pruitt is killing the centerpiece of Obama''s climatechange arsenal ... back coalmining jobs and dismantle Obama''s ... we are going to declare war on any sector of our economy," Pruitt ...
May 28, 2015· Economic programs aimed at transitioning coal country''s economy, like Obama has proposed in his budget, would do far more good than killing EPA regulations. And it''s not .
Jul 16, 2017· (Getty/Portra) Don''t call it "coal country": How economic stereotypes are hurting West ia Biotech and medicine are far bigger industries than coal in Appalachia — and yet the coal miner ...
In coalrich Appalachia, Republicans — and even some Democrats — have lashed out at the Obama administration, saying in ads that a "war on coal" will close down mines and power plants across ...
The Obama Idea to Save Coal Country ... Water security has always been something of an inverse indicator of Eastern Kentucky''s economic health. The more polluted the water, the better the mines ...
Sep 10, 2019· Take a look at how Kentucky Democratic House Speaker Greg Stumbo answered a question from Joe Sonka about whether or not Obama deserved credit for the 500,000 Kentuckians who now had health insurance.
Dec 21, 2018· Fewer than 4,000 work the coal mines in all of eastern Kentucky, down from over 15,000 in the early days of the Obama administration. In Harlan County, little more than a third of workingage ...
Oct 02, 2014· AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File Mitch McConnell once opposed a coal plant on environmental grounds "Economic and job expansion...must not occur to the detriment of our environment," McConnell ...
Jun 02, 2014· The Obama administration took aim at the coal industry on Monday by mandating a 30 percent cut in carbon emissions at fossil fuelburning power plants by 2030 .
Sep 07, 2012· And the Obama administration is quick to note that coal employment is at the highest level since 1997, when 89,000 jobs were in coal. But Raulston says the number does not capture contract workers ...
Aug 07, 2015· Five myths about coal ... Obama''s "war on coal" is killing the mining industry. ... Coal doesn''t have the same economic hold on the Appalachian states that .
May 04, 2017· Donald Trump yet to deliver promise to end Barack Obama''s ''war on coal'' but locals hopeful the worst is far behind them ... Coal mining west ia Stephanie March. ... Eastern Kentucky Coal ...
Aug 20, 2015· In the last several days, five eastern Kentucky communities suffering from the decline in the coal industry have voiced their support for President Obama''s plan to pour more than 1 billion into ...
Sep 23, 2014· Mitch McConnell (AP/J. Scott Applewhite) McConnell''s long, desperate lie: Economics, not Obama, is killing Kentucky coal McConnell says Obama''s "war on coal" will end Kentucky''s coal .
Oct 11, 2017· Scott Pruitt (Getty/AP/Photo montage by Salon) Not even Scott Pruitt can save the coal industry from itself Coal is yesterday''s energy source. But for .
Nov 28, 2016· The state is retiring eight large coal plants by 2030 whether or not Trump repeals Obama''s climate policies. ... to save the coal industry? Look at Michigan. ... economics of coal .
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