Western Colorado’s fight for the coal industry has taken another major hit with Colorado Governor Hickenlooper’s new CO2 emission plan that will put coal mines and power plants out of business if implemented. The Governor’s executive order likely puts him in favor with environmentalists and the Obama administration but stomps on state legislature and ignores the fact that there has not yet been a court ruling as to whether or not the regulations are legal in the first place. Moffat County is also reeling from the announcement that the Craig Station Unit 1 has been decommissioned and will be retired in 2025. “One more brick has now been taken out of the foundation of our national economy,” shares Moffat County Commissioner John Kinkaid. “We can’t afford any more of this insanity. With a $19.5 trillion dollar national debt, we must develop all of our natural resources to create good paying jobs and remain the great, stable and secure nation that we are. 100 years of progressivism is taking its toll and now it hits Moffat County, Colorado.” Despite the latest blow, Moffat County leaders are determined to overcome and take the change in stride. “The good news,” says Kinkaid, “is that we have been taking active steps to diversify our local economy for about a year and a half now. We are ahead of the game and have solid Congressional support.” Kinkaid says they will find the next “catalytic industry to locate in Moffat County.”
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