***** trump signs executive action repealing clean power rule

[mahatmakanejeeves]

I'm not posting this because I like it. It's in the news, so there you go.

In the background, Mike "Bobblehead" Pence.

"Bringing back jawwwwbs."

https://www.c-span.org/video/?426114-1/president-trump-signs-executive-action-repeal-clean-power-rule

But ... but ... "war on coal!"

Link to tweet

Coal production still falls in the west & Appalachia by 2040 without the Clean Power Plan, per EIA: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=26992

Link to tweet

Before the ink dries on Trump's executive actions on Obama's climate policies, what coal country needs to know:

Link to tweet

[Warpy]

1. Headline in NM today

"State plans new coal fired electrical plant"

Shit.

This is in a state that is a major natural gas producer.

I hate DFT.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Just a guess. Will it be served by the Black Mesa and Lake Powell?

I'm on a really slow connection now. I can't easily look it up.

Thanks.

[Warpy]

3. Those are in AZ

The story has since disappeared but my best guess says they're going to put it up in Four Corners, an area already heavily polluted by coal, using the Animas River as the water source.