Stepping up an all-out war on American energy production, President Joe Biden has issued a 14-year ban on coal mining across millions of acres of Montana and Wyoming.
“In response to activist litigation and a court order requiring (the Bureau of Land Management) to base decisions on a climate change agenda, BLM selected the ‘no action’ alternative regarding future coal leasing for two (Resource Management Plans) in Montana and Wyoming,” U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Republicans announced in a statement.
The move eliminates all new coal leasing on those lands until 2038.
“This will remove millions of acres from consideration for future coal leasing on federal lands. Without consideration for the thousands of American miners whose livelihoods depend on access to domestic resources or the millions of Americans who rely on coal to power their daily lives, the BLM instead stated, ‘Reducing availability of Federal lands for coal leasing reduces the contribution of greenhouse gas emissions from the development and combustion of Federal coal,’” Committee Republicans noted.
“The U.S. grid relies heavily on the domestic coal industry to meet baseload electricity demand. At a time when China permits two new coal-fired power plants per week and global coal demand remains at an all-time high, America’s coal mines and coal-fired power plants remain the cleanest in the world,” Committee Republicans added.
“The Biden administration is weaponizing federal agencies to advance their radical climate agenda,” said Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) “They are eliminating future coal leasing in Wyoming and Montana for the next 14 years while the U.S. struggles to meet base load power requirements and hardworking families pay record-high prices for energy.”
“Instead of supporting American jobs and energy, President Biden is barring access to the resources necessary to power homes and businesses and support thousands of good-paying jobs,” Westerman added. “It’s time for this administration to start supporting American energy and stop ignoring the all-of-the-above solutions our country has in abundance.”
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