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President Obama's Officials: Rule Won't Kill Coal-Fired Power

2013-09-18 06:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: President Barack Obama's top energy and environmental officials said Wednesday there is a future for coal, despite a pending regulation aimed at limiting global warming pollution from new power plants that Republicans and the coal industry say will doom the fuel source. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, questioned at a House hearing, both said coal-fired power would continue. Coal makes up about 40 percent of U.S. electricity. "The rule will provide certainty...

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