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Old King Coal May Rightly Be Merry Again The Trump administration's prompt attention to reset the regulatory framework for coal will allow the industry to perform to its true potential. Miners ride a mantrip shuttle out of a mine entrance at the newly opened Ramaco Resources Inc, Stoneeoal Alma mine near Wylo, West Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug, 8, 2017 PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS Aug. 27, 2017 2:42 p.m. ET It is refreshing to see an assessment ("Coal Makes a Comeback," Review & Outlook, Aug. 17) recognizing that policy matters greatly, especially when it distorts energy markets. The Obama administration rules on mercury emissions from power plants, for example, had little to do with mercury, and everything to do with shortening the economic life of reliable-baseload coal power plants. Most of the costs--almost $10 billion annually--related to emissions the Environmental Protection Agency admitted posed no harm to public health. The Trump administration's prompt attention to reset the regulatory framework for coal has indeed instilled confidence that will allow the industry to perform to its true potential. Those who Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084238-00001 continue to deny the impact of regulatory policy ignore data from the Energy Information Administration showing that dismantling the Clean Power Plan will preserve 240 million tons of annual coal production. This also means saving tens of thousands of high-wage jobs at coal mines and throughout the coal value supply chain. Coal serves a major role in ensuring our nation's energy security through a lower cost, more diverse and reliable electricity supply. The prospects of achieving American energy security are dim without fully leveraging the nation's largest single energy resource--coal. They are nonexistent when politically motivated policies are used to obstruct energy supplies. Hal Quinn President and CEO National Mining Association Washington https://www.wsi.com/articles/old-king-coal-mav-rightlv-be-merrv-again-1503859332 https://www.wsi.com/article email/coal-makes-a-comeback-1502926053lMyQj AxMTE3MjEzNzExMj cOWi/ Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 2 ED 002061 00084238-00002