By Two-to-One Margin, Americans Want to End Coal Subsidies on U.S. Public Lands

by Gary Kopycinski on May 5, 2015

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Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2015. According to new public opinion research released today, a majority of Americans from across the ideological spectrum would support reforms to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s coal-leasing program, including to change how royalties are assessed and to end federal subsidies to coal companies that mine on public lands.