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It is important to note that this is not a

Feb. 9, 2017 by Kimberly Parks

It is important to note that this is not a new problem. Last year, a coalition of organizations called the Climate Action Network (CAAN) began to sue the EPA over the MATS rule, calling it a "violation of the Clean Air Act's obligations to protect the air and the climate, and not just protect coal plants."

But it is a long time coming, after decades of coal-fired power plants being in disrepair. As coal prices have declined, the EPA has had to figure out a way to meet its Clean Power Plan (CPP), which has already put a damper on coal's ability to compete with clean energy, a major component of the Clean Air Act.

As coal prices have declined, the EPA has had to figure out a way to meet its Clean Power Plan (CPP), which has already put a damper on coal's ability to compete with clean energy, a major component of the Clean Air Act.

While the US coal industry is in great economic shape, the state of Florida has seen a drop in coal prices. The state legislature passed a $3.5 billion state budget for the next fiscal year, and a proposed coal-fired power plant in Gainesville had to be shut down to fix problems that had already been dealt with since the state was created in the 1960s.

A similar situation existed at the state level last year, when the state of Arkansas had to shut down two coal plants as well as a new one after the state had a $2.4 billion budget surplus for 2012.

In the past, the state of California faced a similar situation, when the state of Colorado had to close two coal plants after the state had a $1.1 billion surplus for 2012, a time when the state had a $9 billion surplus for 2012.

As the coal industry has shrunk, many of the same issues that led to the MATS rule have been addressed. The Obama administration said it would phase out coal-fired power plants by 2020, but the coal industry hasn't stopped at that, either.

The coal industry has also been a huge financial lifeline to coal companies. In January, the American Coal Association's annual corporate report showed that the company's share of the coal-fired power sector in 2012 was $15 billion, or about a third of the $13.6 billion it had spent in 2009. The company's share of the utility power sector is now in the midst of a $8 billion loss. In 2015, the coal-fired