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Overnight Regulation: Trump administration lifts Obama freeze on federal coal mining

djohnson| March 30, 2017| Home Page - Read the Latest, Media Center, News

President Trump is doubling down on his promise to end the “war on coal.” One day after Trump signed an executive order rolling back a handful of Obama-era climate regulations, the administration announced it is lifting coal-leasing restrictions.

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