Capitol hill studio by the Deputy Editor of the provincial energy news from the coal industry is in the United States what are the main types of coal mined in the United States . You to go from black to brown song that is mined in eastern pennsylvania is the not as much now. And then that type that is used for power plants than the type that is more brown and has less ability to produce energy but it is used in north dakota lot so that ranges to their different based and what part of the country. You talk about their ranges of coal talk about the mines. A lot of people assume all coal mines are power plants. But there are a lot of minds and there is the big marketlants for our metallurgical coal you estimate coal and steel and iron. A lot of the exports of overseas are for that metallurgical coal. It is and the power plant regulations but how much countries are developing and how much steel bidi to build there is speculation is our today our guest this morning should note that as we ta
Mines are for that etal how much countries are developing how much steel we need to make buildings. Host Manuel Quinones is our first guest this morning. Special phone lines today. We want to hear your comments coal miners and family members of coal miners, 2027488001. Otherwise, lines are split up regionally. ,entral and eastern time zones 2027488000. Mountain pacific time zones, 2027488002. Lets talk about the power plants themselves. Where will you find coal power plants in the United States . Guest they are all over the country. You have a lot of coalfired power plants in ohio and indiana and missouri. Western states, youve got Southern States it really runs the gamut. If you look at the ohio valley area, an area that has been historically coal heavy because it is easy to transport, you have rivers and rail and a lot of mines nearby, but really, it is distributed across the country. Theres a lot of states that have tried to move away from coal. A lot of states have been moving away
Pres. Trump as of today, the United States will cease all implementation of the nonbinding paris accord and the draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country. Amy Donald Trumps decision through swift condemnation from World Leaders and climate activists around the world. We are fully committed. Wherever we are, we all share the same responsibility make our planet great again. I think some ive never seen so much of my life. We do not have much time. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with climate scientists and activists from around the world. On the very same day trump announced he is pulling the United States out of the landmark climate accord, oil began flowing through the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. A new investigation by journalist Antonia Juhasz reveals more details about how the private military contractor tigerswan carried out extensive militarystyle counterterrorism efforts targeting the indigenous led movement against the pipeline
Im 111 years of bipartisan land conservation, which began with president roosevelts leadership. The most glaring example is an ongoing attack on the Antiquities Act in general and the National Monument in particular. Trying to roll back as a taxpayer weight especially at a time when the administration is proposing significant staff cutbacks. In my opinion, another management designation is that they are seers Intertribal Coalition inspectors working to protect these lands. I believe any action by the administration to undermine protection for any other National Monument is illegal and i will strongly oppose any legislative attempt to weaken this monument status. Secretary zinke, the administration also attempting to unilaterally rule that has gone into effect on the blm mapping rule. The department now statistically dubious decision to suspend the methane waste prevention rule. This is a commonsense rule that implements in 97yearold requirement to prevent waste of federal natural gas.
The senate began its business. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. We are here this morning to consider the president s budget request for the department of interior for fiscal year 2018. This is the second of three budget hearings before our committee this year following the Forest Service last week and the kept of energy which is coming up on thursday. Secretary zinke, welcome back to the committee for your first appearance since our bipartisan vote in favor of your confirmation on march 1st. It was nice to be able to give you the the official tally this morning, make it officially official. I want to start by noting you have taken on some tough tasks at the department including some challenges that really have gone unaddressed for years. I think you are off to a good start. And i appreciate that. I have enjoyed working with you during the early month of your tenure as secretary. I truly appreciated the opportunity to host you and some members here on the commit