Trump Coal

• Trump EPA guts rule requiring coal-fired power plants to curb emissions

  Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler, a former coal industry lobbyist, signed a weaker replacement rule on Wednesday.

  Environment

  Jun 19, 2019
  
• ‘Clean’ coal is a dirty polluter despite claims it’s eco-friendly, data analysis shows

  Refined coal shows few signs of reducing harmful emissions as U.S. lawmakers intended, a Reuters analysis of EPA data and regulatory documents shows.

  Environment

  Dec 3, 2018
  
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• Donald Trump set to relax rules on Obama-era coal emissions standards

  The Trump administration is set to roll back the centrepiece of former President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warming, the Clean Power Plan that restricts greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.

  Politics

  Aug 21, 2018
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• If Canada wants to fight Trump’s tariffs, it should target coal shipped out of B.C.: economist

  The U.S. ships more coal from Westshore terminals in Delta, B.C. than any other port on the west coast.

  Jul 1, 2018
• McKenna trolls coal-powered electricity while Trump works to end ‘war on coal’

  McKenna is in Bonn, Germany, for the 2017 United Nations climate change talks, where the rules for implementing the 2015 Paris accord are being hammered out.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2017