ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (Official Wire) — Friends of coal are certain they know the enemy.
They fault President Barack Obama and his Environmental Protection Agency for new clean air rules they deride as a devastating blow to a multibillion-dollar industry, the lifeblood of Appalachia for generations.
The agency standards imposed earlier this year tightened limits on existing coal powered-plant emissions. Guidelines on restricting greenhouse gases could affect new plants as early as 2013.
Read more at Official Wire. By Donna Cassata.
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With the EPA Standards that Obama’s dysfunctional Administration that they have imposed on the coal industry, thousands upon thousands of American’s living in Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania have lost their jobs.
How in the world can these states vote for someone that is openly destroying one of their states most productive industries? Wait until all of the American’s in Virginia loose their jobs once the Military cuts kick-in.