Coal Counties Protest Proposed Hydrogen Project, But Were Silent During Legislative Session

Coal Counties had an opportunity to oppose proposed subsidies, but did not do so because they believe the subsidies would all go to existing coal interests one way or another.

Last regular legislative session, I spent a lot of time focusing on and opposing the set of bills that we referred to as the "Coal Bailout Agenda" (see below for the history of that coverage).

Much of this agenda was done under the guise of developing quote "clean and sustainable energy" projects. Specifically what are called "value added" projects that …