WE: The Obama administration is cracking down on the coal industry, and mining in general, during August when the government typically takes a break from major policy action.
The Interior Department is advising states to begin holding coal companies accountable for the cost of cleaning up their vacated coal mines, while the mining industry and congressional Republicans are warning that the Environmental Protection Agency is gearing up to impose additional rules during the election season.
The Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement crackdown comes amid a global coal supply glut and other factors hurting the coal mining industry.
The Interior Department said making sure coal companies pay for the cleanup as their mines close will protect U.S. taxpayers from eventually having to foot the bill. The office said the new dominance of natural gas from fracking is forcing coal power plants to close and weakening coal demand, making for an opportune time to enforce federal mining rules. Â MORE
All of the sudden these assholes are concerned about taxpayers getting stuck with the cleaning bill? PUKE.
Dump all these assholes in an abandoned mineshaft and have it collapse in on ’em. đ
“The obama administration is cracking”
is that what he’s been smoking.
is it any wonder the economy doesn’t grow?
obama’s legacy is unemployment.
“…making sure coal companies pay for the cleanup as their mines close will protect U.S. taxpayers from eventually having to foot the bill.”
What a load of horseshit. Everyone who has half a brain knows that these regulatory costs are passed onto the consumer. Who the FUCK do they think they’re trying to fool?
On the other hand, the coal glut is resulting in low prices for high sulfur fuel. The coal plants that remain in operation are burning the hell out of it, too. Hopefully all the SOx and NOx and Hg and CO2 descend upon Washington DC and NYC.
Well, that’s ONE way to guarantee the miner’s votes for the Dildocratic party (/sarc off)
Forcing them to pay forces them to raise prices, people don’t buy high-priced coal and the companies go under. Simple plan. Of course states and companies are not obligated to comply with unconstitutional acts.