Did you know that publicly owned coal accounts for about 40% of coal mined each year in the US?
Yet, for decades, the Department of Interior has chronically undervalued our public coal, selling it for peanuts to the coal companies, which has resulted in billions of dollars in lost revenue to state and federal governments. The Department also doesn’t account for the huge amounts of carbon pollution that is released when this coal is burned, despite the Administration’s commitment to act on climate.
This cheap coal has been one of the biggest drivers behind the coal export market and the push for more coal trains, tankers and coal terminals in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.
Tell Secretary Sally Jewell to close loopholes, increase royalties, do a better job of setting fair market value, and account for global warming pollution resulting from leasing of federal coal.
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