Obama´s EPA Causes Lay-offs in West Virginia Posted By: Yidwithlid 12/5/2012 10:37:53 AM The Lid, by Jeff Dunetz Original Article
West Virginia knew what it was doing when it overwhelmingly voted against President Obama in the recent election, they were trying to save their jobs. The number two coal mining state in the country knew that the President´s energy policy has as a goal to kill the coal industry.
Yesterday Consol Energy a Pennsylvania-based coal and natural gas company announced it will lay off 145 workers because the company is unable to get the permits it needs from Obamas Environmental Protection Agency for a surface mining project in southern West Virginia. The company said it will shut down three coal mines,