WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016 –The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, on the Obama Administration’s moratorium on issuing new leases for coal extraction on federal lands:
“The president is right to stop this handout to big coal companies, which has cost American taxpayers more than $30 billion over the past three decades. Aligning the use of America’s public lands with our obligation to protect future generations from the dangers of climate change — that’s what leadership is all about, at home and abroad, as we transition away from dirty fossil fuels of the past to a clean energy 21st century
