{"id":137336,"date":"2018-10-17T11:46:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T17:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/17\/the-coal-must-flow.html"},"modified":"2018-10-17T11:46:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T17:46:45","slug":"the-coal-must-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/17\/the-coal-must-flow.html","title":{"rendered":"The Coal Must Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apparently Trump's plans to support coal and nuclear plants by executive fiat have run into the problem that it will actually cost money<\/i> — and customers, utilities, and federal agencies are all reluctant to do so.<\/p>\n

So the newest scheme is that, instead of saying that coal is essential for our national grid (since the DoE's own information says otherwise), Trump wants to export coal to Asia for them<\/i> to burn. The problem is, none of the West Coast states want to have coal export facilities built there, both because of immediate pollution concerns and because of long-term climate impact.<\/p>\n

So Trump's administration is now proposing to turn naval bases<\/i> into coal exporting facilities, because they kinda-sorta get to ignore environmental regulations (both state and federal, which, of course, kicks their environmental clean-up to future generations). <\/p>\n

The problem I see with that — aside from the US Navy probably not being thrilled about dedicating naval base space to coal export ports — is that someone will still<\/i> have to pay for it. Though I guess Trump figures that throwing in another hefty chunk into the Defense budget on behalf of coal mining companies, and calling it all a "national security" concern, will go unnoticed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nTrump’s coal rescue is getting more complicated<\/a><\/span>
\nPolitico report says political will to bail out coal plants is weak at the White House.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Apparently Trump's plans to support coal and nuclear plants by executive fiat have run into the problem that it will actually cost money — and customers, utilities, and federal agencies are all reluctant to do so. 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