The Obama administration is being so aggressive in making sure that the World Bank and even they attempted--the Ex-Im Bank and the Asian Development Bank and other financial institutions will not provide funding for a coal plant to be built anywhere in the world.
Criticism of the Obama administration's stance on coal plant funding globally.
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Amen. I was just in China and we saw their reports in the local press. They're building new power plants they know they don't need. They just want the jobs, more coal emissions. So, again, it's a global challenge. It's not just America's…
So many critics say that that flexibility argument--we're giving maximum flexibility to the State--is really a red herring.
If that happens and if you're still at the EPA I want you to go to Fairfield, Texas with Congressman Bill Flores and explain to those people who've lost their jobs how you've improved their environment.
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