Trump Loves Coal So Much It's Starting to Annoy the Oil and Gas Industry

[Rhiannon12866]

Donald Trump's love for coal is hardly secret. As a candidate, he promised to make coal great again and end a supposed "war on coal" from Obama-era regulations that favored natural gas and renewables.

At first, electric utilities and the oil and gas industry were supportive, seeing the deregulation as an opportunity for them too.

But in recent weeks concern has grown that the Trump Administration may be going too far with two proposals: a rule propping up coal suggested by the Department of Energy last week and the proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan without a replacement which leaked to press this week.

At the heart of the dispute is the reality that the Trump Administration can't simply bring back the coal industry by undoing regulations.

"The coal industry has been sick for awhile," says Brendan Collins, an environmental lawyer at the firm Ballard Spahr. "The thermal coal industry is much closer to needing Dr. Frankenstein's services than a general practitioner's services."


Much more (Includes video): http://time.com/4966430/clean-power-plan-coal-oil-gas-regulations/

[Doreen]

1. Wouldn't that mess with Tillerson's goal also?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Good point - Though given Trump's penchant for "revenge," it could be intentional

[Doreen]

3. That went through my mind also.

He also forgets however that doing that will also mess up his new allies he put in place after destroying the relationships we had with our old and true allies.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. I really don't think he cares, he seems to think that anyone can be replaced

It's tough to keep track of the comings and goings without a scorecard. Recently on the news someone who knows Trump said that he doesn't "like" anybody - he just views other people as those he can use to his advantage.