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Ed Markey: The reason that coal has been on a massive decline in recent years has less to do with President Obama than with the…

On the recordMay 31, 2012
The reason that coal has been on a massive decline in recent years has less to do with President Obama than with the inability of the coal industry to innovate and its inability to compete.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey attributes coal's decline to industry failure, not presidential policies.

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