The coal-fired Colstrip Generating Station is seen behind youths playing baseball on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Colstrip, Mont. Republicans and some Democrats are pushing back against the Biden administration's plans to curb coal pollution and end new mining leases for the fuel in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
May 31, 2024
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May 31, 2024 8:30 a.m.
'War on coal' rhetoric heats up as Biden seeks to curb pollution with election looming
COLSTRIP, Mont. (AP) — Actions by President Joe Biden's administration that could hasten closures of heavily polluting coal power plants and the mines that supply them are reviving Republican rhetoric about a so-called "war on coal" ahead of the November election.