President Barack Obama is tired of waiting for Congress to move on legislation to reduce carbon emissions, and his administration is poised to move forward on actions to do just that—including a move that will effectively eliminate the possibility of any new coal plant opening in the United States, experts say.
Obama Administration Moves Forward on Climate Change Without Congress – US News and World Report
During the Presidential debates, Obama needed votes from Ohio and Pennsylvania, so he lied about his position on coal.
Obama said his administration “made the largest investment in clean coal technology, to make sure that even as we’re producing more coal, we’re producing it cleaner and smarter. Same thing with oil, same thing with natural gas.”