Op-Ed: Encourage Two-Year Restriction of EPA
Jul 26 – “The death – at least for now – of cap and trade means Obama’s administration will move forward with plans to cripple the coal industry through Environmental Protection Agency mandates,” says an op-ed in the Wheeling Intelligencer. The piece encourages Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to push for legislation that would place a two-year hold on the EPA’s ability to create new restrictions and seek the support of fellow lawmakers for the effort. The ongoing anti-coal actions of the activist EPA – indefinitely holding needed mining permits, releasing new crippling regulatory guidance – combine to threaten thousands of jobs and the regional economy. “Reid, Pelosi and Obama will not be happy about their defeat in the Senate. They will push the EPA to accelerate its anti-coal campaign. Only a bill such as Rockefeller’s can stop it,” says the op-ed. Read more in the Wheeling Intelligencer.
