EPA administrator Gina McCarthy is rejecting claims that her agency is waging a “war on coal”. Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, McCarthy says she expects coal to remain as part of the energy mix and that the coal industry is not specifically being targeted as the agency tries to reduce the nation’s carbon emissions.
Last week, Senator Mitch McConnell told the Courier-Journal that the Obama administration’s approach to the coal industry was a “true outrage”, and also criticized the just-announced climate agreement with China.
