Trump's plan to end the "War on Coal" has been shelved

Exactly one year ago, I wrote about The Donald's efforts to end the "War on Coal" as he likes to call it was failing and facing reality.  Now after over a year of Secretary of Energy Rick Perry trying to find a plan to keep money-losing coal plants up and running, the White House has shelved the plan. 

For years, consumers have  been seeking renewable, cleaner and cheaper sources of energy and thus, have been using less coal.  So Perry's biggest obstacle has been who going  to pay billions of dollars to keep coal plants open and operating.  The DOE has also suggested invoking a Korean War-era law, the Defense Production Act, that would put the burden of coming up with the money on Congress.

You can imagine how that went over on the Hill.  The White House hasn't commented on this course of action.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/15/rick-perry-coal-rescue-trump-850528


During his campaign, The Donald repeatedly told coal miners they were going back to work.  And since then he has tried to revitalize an aging industry by rolling back many environmental protections such as allowing coal plants to dump their toxic waste into our waterways.  The Donald's promises to take care of  the miners has turned into taking care of coal companies and owners.  By scaling back  on environmental and safety measures, coal miner deaths have skyrocketed since Trump's inauguration. 

The Donald's end to the "War on Coal" is failing, coming up against reality

The  Los Angeles Times posted a story yesterday about the communities in coal country are realizing The Donald's promises to end the "war on coal" are nothing but empty.  The Donald deluded himself and others into thinking that America's push to have cleaner and renewable sources of energy was an all-out battle to destroy the coal industry.

Whether or not coal country towns like Homer City, Pennsylvania believed The Donald and his campaign promises, they are finding out that that there is no war on coal, people are just, moving toward better options, like wind and natural gas.

Just two months ago, TEPA Administration Scott Pruitt claimed thousands of jobs had been created in coal mining, but reality showed a completely different story.

Read the story here:

The Donald has now declared a war on the environment although he does not see it as such.  But by rolling back protections preventing the pollution of our waters, air and soil, he has.  Although both The Donald and Pruitt deny the climage is changing, there is insurmountable data showing not only climate change, but global warming as well.  There is no data to disprove this, yet they insist on burying their heads in the sand.

Unfortunately, that does not leave places like Homer City with many options.  Read the story here:

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-coal-climate-201710-htmlstory.html 


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