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Coal Industry Comeback

July 17th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Energy deregulation is happening in DC under EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. His efforts to get rid of backlogs and waste to fulfill the core mission of creating American energy hit home with West Virginia Senator Jim Justice.  The Senator recently said that the coal industry and the businesses that surround it are building back in his state at a needed time…

   

“If we don’t watch out, in a year and a half from today, we’re going to have an energy meltdown in this country and then you’re going to have to decide whether you’re going to take care of the homes and keep them cool and keep them absolutely warm in the winter. Or are you going to have job opportunity – AI and data centers and on and on and on.  Or are you going to give up maybe our national security to China or whatever it may be.”