American Thinker
Christopher Mendoza
Mar. 7, 2018
When Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement last June, France, Germany, and Italy were quick to subject Washington to a never-ending barrage of criticism. But in what can be described only as the height of hypocrisy, these same countries have been more than happy to keep their power plants running using American coal. As so often when coal is involved, the gap between their rhetoric and action exposes the painful dishonesty infecting the debate.
In 2017, total American coal exports increased by 58 percent compared to 2016, amounting to 95 million tons – of which 40 million went to Europe, despite the continent's leaders' vow of curtailing coal. That the Obama administration was out to severely curtail fossil fuel use is well known. The former president's scorn for coal was abundantly obvious, and the Paris agreement was its embodiment. Despite proclaiming the U.S. the "Saudi Arabia of coal," in May 2008, Obama soon back-flipped once in office and turned against the resource.
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