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War on coal, the Glossary

In the United States, the war on coal is a phrase used by the coal industry and its supporters to describe what they claim was an effort by the Obama administration to impose stringent regulations on coal power in the United States and thereby make such power uneconomical.^[1]

12 relations: Beyond Coal, Carbon sequestration, Coal, Donald Trump, Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States, Michael Grunwald, Presidency of Barack Obama, Presidency of Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt, Sierra Club, The Washington Post, United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Coal in the United States
Metaphors referring to war and violence

Beyond Coal

The Beyond Coal movement is a campaign by environmental group the Sierra Club to promote renewable energy instead of coal. War on coal and Beyond Coal are energy policy of the United States.

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Carbon sequestration

Carbon sequestration is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

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Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States

The United States produced 5.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2020, the second largest in the world after greenhouse gas emissions by China and among the countries with the highest greenhouse gas emissions per person.

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Michael Grunwald

Michael Grunwald (born August 16, 1970) is an American journalist and author who writes about public policy and national politics.

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Presidency of Barack Obama

Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017.

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Presidency of Donald Trump

Donald Trump's tenure as the 45th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January20, 2017, and ended on January20, 2021.

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Scott Pruitt

Edward Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American attorney, lobbyist and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma.

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Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is an American environmental organization with chapters in all 50 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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