allow our companies and our workers to drive i thrive, compete and succeed on a level playing field for the first time in a long time, fellas. it s bln a long time. president trump today shortly before siep an executive rollback efforts by gutting regulations designed to reduce carbon pollution. joining us is senator ed markey. senator, you called it a declaration of war. what did you mean by that and is it really that bad? yeah, it s a declaration of war. it s not an executive order. it basically looks at every one of president obama s actions and it tries to strip them off of the books. this is basically than attack on science, on climate, on the clean energy revolution, which has been creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs in our country because of obama era
earlier this month t. president of the united states is not going to wave some magic wand and pass legislation that will reopen the coal mines here in mcdowell county, that s not happening? when we come back, senator ed markee on what he cease as an environmental declaration of war by the president after this break. does your makeup remover take it all off? every kiss-proof, cry-proof, stay-proof look? neutrogena® makeup remover does. it erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. need any more proof than that? neutrogena.
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regulation isn t what s killing coal. it has been driving job losses in the mines for decades, in recent years the industry is experiencing a sharp decline. a trend that will only continue. as a spokesman for one utility told the wall street journal today, going forward, we anticipate an increase in renewable generation capacity and declining utilization of coal. the president may be pretending coal jobs are coming back, but the very people of mcdowell county, west virginia, said otherwise during our town hall earlier this month t. president of the united states is not going to wave some magic wand and pass legislation that will reopen the coal mines here in mcdowell county, that s not happening? when we come back, senator ed markee on what he cease as an environmental declaration of war by the president after this break.
the president-elect s nominee is going to basically be sworn into office if given the opportunity and then declare war on the clean water, the clean air, the climate laws which we already have on the books. he s going to try to bring the epa to its knees. senator ed markee here yesterday vowing to oppose the confirmation of donald trump s choice for the epa. joining me from the defense council. thanks for being with us. what was your reaction when you saw the pruitt nomination? it was shocking. we are talking about the environmental protection agency, the very agency that s charged with stewarding our environment. things like the air we breathe and the water we drink. choosing someone like pruitt who