January 2016
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World Coal
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21
T
he US Environmental Protection Agencyʼs (EPA) Clean Power
Plan (CPP) could not have come at a worse time for a US coal
industry already looking vulnerable in the face of low natural
gas prices and other regulatory challenges. While it is too early
to say what the impact of the CPP will be – and whether it will
withstand legal challenges – the long-term outlook looks fairly bleak for
coal. Still, it looks set to remain a major energy source for the US and the
world for decades to come.
