Yesterday, I mentioned how President Obama took away more than he gave while chanting, “Drill, baby, drill.”
And he keeps on taking:
The Environmental Protection Agency tightened water-quality standards that could severely limit future surface coal-mining operations throughout Appalachia, while mining-industry officials said the change was unfair and endangers jobs in the region.
The action is a significant step in the EPA’s push under the Obama administration to limit the practice of mountaintop coal mining and its environmental effects. For the first time, the agency is setting limits on the electrical conductivity, or salinity, of streams, which can be impacted by such mining.
Even without passing cap-and-trade, your Hope and Change Federal government is working hard to raise energy prices for you.
