Posted on 09/18/2013 6:50:18 PM PDT by markomalley
President Barack Obama's top energy and environmental officials said Wednesday there is a future for coal, despite a pending regulation aimed at limiting global warming pollution from new power plants that Republicans and the coal industry say will doom the fuel source.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, questioned at a House hearing, both said coal-fired power would continue. Coal makes up about 40 percent of U.S. electricity.
"The rule will provide certainty for the future of new coal moving forward, and in terms of existing facilities, coal will continue to represent a significant source of energy for decades to come," said McCarthy, who did not disclose specifics.
The EPA is under a Friday deadline to release an updated proposal that would set the first-ever limits on carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, from new power plants.
The rule, which will ultimately force the EPA to tackle emissions from existing power plants as well, is a key component of Obama's strategy to tackle climate change. It is also one of the most controversial, since it addresses one of the largest uncontrolled sources of carbon pollution and will have ramifications for the power sector and everyone who flips on a light switch.
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This was an appropriate time for a member of the House committee to tell the Secretary a well know refrain from the coal country: “don’t piss on my boots and try to tell me it is raining”
No imagination in the coal industry. This is how it’s done.
“with the new IPCC report which is stating the earth is cooling, by regulating coal a sudden drop in temperature will harm crops, kill millions and destroy humanity.”
Then throw it back at them.
No, the goal is to line DemoRat pockets, and it will do that quite well.
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