Joe Biden just figured out a way to kill two birds with one stone.
His new plan will not only crush the coal industry, but it will also hurt the economy of two key red states.
Biden’s plan will all but end the lignite coal industry and will put a huge strain on the industry as a whole.
And what do you know, the two states where this mining primary takes place are Texas and North Dakota.
Crushing
The new EPA rule will require the industry to reduce emissions by 67 percent for various pollutants.
It also calls for 70 percent reduction in lignite coal plants.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan stated, “By leveraging proven, emissions-reduction measures available at reasonable costs and encouraging new, advanced control technologies, we can reduce hazardous pollution from coal-fired power plants, protecting our planet and improving public health for all.”
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) responded, “The Biden administration continues to wage war on coal and affordable, reliable energy by issuing unnecessary regulations intended to drive down electricity production from our nation’s baseload power resources.
“With one job-killing regulation after another, the EPA continues to threaten the livelihoods of those in West Virginia and other energy-producing communities across the country.”
Conversion to meet the new EPA rule would cost the industry as much as $300 million, which has many thinking some plants are just going to have to shut down because they will not be able to afford the conversion costs, which, as we all know, is what Joe Biden wants.
Almost 20 percent of the electricity in this country is produced by coal, so what exactly is Biden’s plan to replace that energy once all these plants shut down?
My guess is that he does not even have one.
Source: Just the News