The Environmental Protection Agency has spoken out against coal and they believe the time is now for it to come to an end with the help of the Clean Power Plan. This plan is trying to put an end to coal use and a start to the all electric age that will effectively address global warming.
Gina McCarthy is the head of the agency and she claims that they will conclude with victory but not without tedious work. Washington has even acknowledged the EPA's efforts saying, that this group's extensive work to "reverse the Rules" with the Clean Air Act's help is showing progress.
Not everyone is on board, however. The many that are employed in the coal industry are very concerned about their jobs, as they should be. The government is also concerned on how the economy will hold up with the coal industry being absent. A few states' economies has a foundation based on coal, so eliminating coal entirely would be dooming to their economy. They are also concerned with the expense of the Clean Power Plan and will "push electricity rates through the roof", as Obama said they would.
They concluded with a few solutions that included the electricity route. When coal is eliminated as an energy source people will be forced to turn to electricity. The electricity field will then increase in popularity allowing for more available jobs for those who possibly lost their jobs in the coal field.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2015/08/12/the-war-on-coal-and-the-clean-power-plan-are-just-the-beginning
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