By Susan Jones,CNS News.com
Obama's is destroying the coal industry
Expressing “serious concerns” about the environment,President Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced it was putting mountaintop mining permits on hold – a move that could kill jobs,the industry warned.
Environmental activists cheered the decision,but the National Mining Association (NMA) warned that the EPA’s action may eliminate high-paying jobs in a relatively poor area of the country.
“Jeopardizing coal mining activity throughout Appalachia will put more than 77,000 high-wage mining jobs at risk at a time when our nation is already battered by a deepening recession,” said NMA President and CEO Hal Quinn. “This action is incomprehensible at a time when the country is losing 600,000 jobs every month and households are struggling just to meet basic needs.”