Moore Capito Calls for EPA to Halt "Assault" on Coal Industry

In a commentary for Politico, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), co-founder of the Congressional Coal Caucus, wrote that Washington, via the Environmental Protection Agency, "continues to push an anti-coal agenda" that "amounts to an assault on an industry that employs more than 500,000 hardworking Americans and supplies nearly half of America's electricity." The "EPA's attempts to control climate change through regulation and stall the approval of mining permits can only lead to coal states like West Virginia bearing the brunt of poorly thought-out policies that translate into greater job loss and higher energy costs." The state is already "feeling the burden of excessive regulation with no consideration of our future." The "out-of-control regulation authority will cost American jobs, increase energy prices and threaten our national security."

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