If the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, targeting the production of Federal fossil fuels only shifts production to other countries, many of whom have far less stringent emission controls than the U.S.
Gordon argues that banning federal fossil fuel production shifts emissions overseas instead of reducing them.
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We would certainly go basically to the courts to enforce the commerce clause.
We would not have been a country, we would not have had a constitution, if there wasn’t some understanding that if you were landlocked, if that is you didn’t have access to the coast, that you couldn’t get your products out of.
It’s important not only for the coal industry. It’s important for every industry.
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