A coal miner looks down as presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the American Energy Corporation in Beallsville, Ohio August 14, 2012.
WASHINGTON — “Coal-fired power plants will face pressure and in some cases closure despite a Republican energy plan favorable to the industry and a court victory against new environmental rules.
As many as one-sixth of U.S. coal-fired power plants would close within eight years and be replaced by natural gas, according to an Energy Department estimate.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Thursday laid out his new energy policy that aims to promote oil and natural gas production and roll back environmental rules that he said are killing the use of coal.”
— Valerie Volcovici, Reuters
