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On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 01:43:58 +0000, Mitchell Holman says...

Show us what Obama did to close
the plants in question, and why Texas
didn't sue to stop it.

Already answered, so I'll list them again.

Again... hint, dumb ass. EPA rules and laws. Biden's in on it too, liberal.

If you were trying to be literal, as in, how did Obama close down coal-fired plants himself... sorry... that Rudy'ism shit's not going to work, liberal.

Coal-fired electricity plants closed down because of Mao-bama's EPA laws.

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Hitler To States: Shut Down Coal Plants Or Else - Mining Connection

https://miningconnection.com/longwall/featured_stories/article/obama_to_states_ shut_down_coal_plants_or_else/

The EPA itself estimated its power plant rule would force up to 49 gigawatts of coal-fired power capacity to close down and raise electricity prices about 6 percent in 2020. The coal industry says the rule would cost $41 billion per year, so EPA's $4 billion would only cover a fraction of the costs.

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Obama EPA REGULATIONS Blamed For Closure Of 100-Year-Old Coal Plant ...

https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/21/obama-epa-coal-plant-gorgas-alabama/

A coal-fired power plan that's operated for more than 100 years is shutting down, and it's owners say Obama-era regulations are to blame. ... officially close in April. It's only the latest coal industry casualty, driven by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and market forces. ... More than half of U.S. coal mines have closed ...

Alabama Power's Plant Gorgas will officially close in April. It's only the latest coal industry casualty, driven by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and market forces.

Obama-era regulations for wastewater, for example, were estimated to cost coal operators $2.5 billion a year, though utilities said EPA vastly underestimated compliance costs.

It's only the latest coal industry casualty, driven by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and market forces.

AP estimates it would cost $300 million to comply with federal environmental regulations and keep its three remaining coal-fired generators running.

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Obama Kept His Promise, 83,000 Coal Jobs Lost And 400 Mines Shuttered

https://dailycaller.com/2016/09/05/obama-kept-his-promise-83000-coal-jobs-lost- and-400-mines-shuttered/

The Obama administration responded by offering a mere $14.5 million in federal funding for programs to retrain out-of-work coal miners, after imposing regulations that greatly hampered the American coal industry Follow Andrew on Twitter Send tips to andrew@ dailycallernewsfoundation.org.

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) regulations and cheap natural gas have devastating coal companies as well, even forcing Peabody Energy, the world's largest coal company, to declare bankruptcy earlier this month.

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New EPA Rules Show Obama's No Longer Hiding War On Coal | Time

https://time.com/2806697/obama-epa-coal-carbon/

In fact, after a huge boost from the Obama stimulus bill, wind and solar plants are getting cheap, too, and they're increasingly viable replacements for coal, providing 95 percent of the new...

The EPA's effort to reduce carbon emissions by 30 percent will take the war on coal to the next level...

Obama prepared for one of the biggest moments of his presidency, the Salem Harbor Station shut down after more than sixty years in operation, the latest casualty of a just but undeclared war on coal.

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Obama's War On Coal

https://www.rpc.senate.gov/policy-papers/obamas-war-on-coal

Obama's War on Coal In January 2008, then-presidential candidate Obama said coal-fired power plants would go "bankrupt" and "electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket" under his plan to tax greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system.

Combined with other actions by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior Department, and Army Corps of Engineers targeting surface coal mining operations, these rules constitute an aggressive regulatory assault on the American coal industry.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson admitted that the President's regulatory agenda is intended to "level the playing field" against coal.

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Coal Company Closes Eight Mines; Cites Obama's "Regulatory Regime"

https://thenewamerican.com/us/environment/coal-company-closes-eight-mines- cites-obamas-regulatory-regime/

Underscoring the inimical aftereffects of President Obama's "war on coal," Alpha Natural Resources announced September 18 it will be shuttering eight coal mines in Virginia, Pennsylvania,...

These "fundamental changes" in part highlight the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S (EPA) onerous new regulations on coal, which have already led to numerous plant and mine closures across the country.

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Obama's Promise Kept: 83,000 Coal Mining Jobs Lost Since 2008

https://www.climatedepot.com/2016/09/06/obama-promise-kept-83000-coal-mining- jobs-lost-since-2008/

Since then, more than 400 coal mines have closed, six major coal companies have filed for bankruptcy, and more than 83,000 coal miners have lost their jobs. That's one promise the president worked hard to keep. A 2015 study found the coal industry lost 50,000 jobs from 2008 to 2012 during Obama's first term.

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How Obama Went From Coal's Top Cheerleader To Its No. 1 Enemy

https://grist.org/climate-energy/how-obama-went-from-coals-top-cheerleader-to- its-no-1-enemy/

Longtime Congressman Nick Rahall of West Virginia, for instance, expressed certainty that Obama would be better for the industry than John McCain. On the one hand, the portrayal of Obama as a ...

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More Coal Plants Have Closed Under Trump Than In Obama's Last Term ...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/07/politics/pennsylvania-coal-plants-weir- wxc/index.html

7 Jan 2019 - Many in this corner of coal country blamed Obama-era regulations on their demise, so when a candidate named Donald Trump promised to end a so- called "war on coal," they were ready to believe....

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White Liberals More Likely To Have A Mental Health Condition

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/22/white-liberals-more-likely- have-mental-health-cond/

Apr 22, 2021 - Sixty-two percent of Whites who classify themselves as "very liberal" or "liberal" have been told by a doctor they have a mental health condition, as compared to 26% of conservatives and...

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White Liberals More Likely to Have Mental Health Problems... - Newsmax

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/white-liberals-mental-health- study/2021/04/20/id/1018293/

The Pew Study, Which The Washington Free Beacon notes was published last year but only gained attention in a recent article, showed that white liberals of all ages were more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health condition than moderates or conservatives, with the disparity particularly pronounced among those aged 18-29, according to evie...

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Study: Young White Liberals More Likely to Have Mental Health Problems

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/22/study-young-white-liberals- more-likely-to-have-mental-health-problems/

Apr 22, 2021 - When sex and age were factors, 56.3 percent of white women between the ages of 18 and 29 and who labeled themselves as "liberal," said they had been given a mental health diagnosis, compared to 27.3 percent of conservatives in the same categories and 28.4 percent of moderates:

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62% of "liberal" or very "liberal" whites have a mental health condition

https://www.independentsentinel.com/62-of-liberal-or-very-liberal-whites-have- a-mental-health-condition/

According to a Pew Research Center survey, 62% percent of Whites who classify themselves as "very liberal" or "liberal" has been told by a doctor they have a mental health condition. Only 26% of conservatives and 20% of moderates have been told they have such a condition, the study found.

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Pew Study: White Liberals Disproportionately Suffer From Mental Illness...

https://wibc.com/108211/pew-study-white-liberals-disproportionately-suffer- from-mental-illness/

White women, ages 18-29, who identified as liberal were given a mental health diagnosis from medical professionals at a rate of 56.3%, as compared to 28.4% in moderates and 27.3% in conservatives. Zach Goldberg, a Ph.D. candidate in political science, consolidated the study's info in a set of visuals and posted them to a thread on Twitter.

SCIENCE: White Libs More Likely To Have Mental Health Problems

https://freebeacon.com/politics/white-libs-mental-health/

Within this demographic, 34 percent of liberals reported having mental health problems, compared with 22 percent of moderates and 16 percent of conservatives. Zach Goldberg, the doctoral...

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White Liberals Twice as Likely to be Diagnosed with Psychological Problems

https://www.hennessysview.com/p/psychologic-disorders-white-liberals

Nearly 1 in 2 (45.9%) of white liberals have been diagnosed with mental health disorders. White liberals of all ages are more than twice as likely as conservatives of any age to suffer from mental health disorders. White liberals are almost twice as likely as non-white liberals to be diagnosed with mental health problems.

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6 Reasons Why Liberalism IS A Mental Disorder (LOL) - The Political Insider

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/6-reasons-why-liberalism-can-be-considered-a- mental-disorder/

In 2005, Michael Savage famously wrote a book titled, Liberalism is a Mental Disorder, the subject of which is self-explanatory. Additionally, Dr. Lyle Rossiter, a board-certified clinical psychologist, wrote a book in which he diagnosed the ideology of the left as a tangible mental illness.

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Personality Traits, Mental Illness, and Ideology

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unique-everybody- else/202103/personality-traits-mental-illness-and-ideology

specifically, surveys on the " big five " traits of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience have found that people identifying as politically...

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Study claims over 50% of liberal women under 30 have mental health...

https://theliberal.ie/study-claims-over-50-of-liberal-women-under-30-have- mental-health-issues-men-and-women-with-liberal-views-more-likely-to-be- mentally-unwell/

Study claims over 50% of liberal women under 30 have mental health issues, men and women with liberal views more likely to be mentally unwell April 24, 2021 - 12:01 Gerard Clarke Irish News

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