On the recordMarch 17, 2015
Sure. We burn clean coal and we see the use of coal. As I mentioned, 90 percent of our State uses coal for their energy. It is the cheapest, most affordable type of energy, electricity, that can be created, so it is a blessing to have that in our State and other States that have it as well. We already burn it clean. The coal industry has dealt with regulations under previous administrations for many years. We are burning it clean. It is not an accident. It is an intention of this administration because they stated it when they said they want a war on coal. They stated they are going to make it--the President himself said he is going to make it so expensive that it would bankrupt the coal production companies and shut down coal that way. So it is their goal to make standards that aren't just reasonable, but that are intended to stop an agency from producing. I would like to also point out, we ship coal to other countries. We ship coal to China, for example. Well, guess what? There is no EPA in China. They burn the coal there much, much dirtier than we do in this country. So it is cleaner to burn it here anyway than to ship it to other countries and have them burn it. So it makes no sense. In fact, they are harming the environment. These very policies that are intended to help the environment are actually harming the environment. It makes no sense. It is harming every taxpayer, every family who wants this affordable form of energy.
