“On several occasions over the past two years, I urged the EPA to come to Kentucky to speak directly to those most impacted by its anti-coal regulations and to get a first-hand view of the effects of the War on Coal. The EPA repeatedly denied our requests,” McConnell said. “We knew this administration had no interest in visiting coal country, and now we know why — because it makes them uncomfortable to look Kentucky coal miners and their families in the eye and tell them what they plan to do to their communities.”
McConnell said that EPA had been holding public listening sessions in cities like New York, Boston, San Francisco and Seattle, where citizens look more favorably on regulations concerning carbon dioxide emissions caused by coal.
The agency chose locations for public hearings “where people were comfortable coming,” according to EPA Office of Air and Radiation Acting Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe.
McCabe made the comment at a US Senate hearing on EPA regulations on coal to limit carbon dioxide pollution from power plants.
