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http://freebeacon.com/death-knell-for-coal/?print=1
http://freebeacon.com/death-knell-for-coal/?print=1
would then be very hard for a President Romney to undo. The same Manhattan Institute report also notes that the new EPA regulations will not actually cut greenhouse gas emissions and that new coal power plants are clean by the usual EPA standards. The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy points out coals importance to Virginias energy profile: Coal is the most valuable single mineral resource produced in Virginia, with an estimated value in 2006 totaling $1.7 billion. During 2006, about 29.5 million short tons of coal was mined. Virginia consistently ranks among the top ten coal-producing states in the nation, making it an important contributor to the U.S. energy profile. Virginia Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell has complained in the past to the Washington Free Beacon about the Obama administrations energy policies: Stop coming up with silly and unbalanced policies that hurt the ability of Virginia to use all of its God-given natural resources.
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