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Eugene

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Thu Jan 14, 2016, 08:49 PM Jan 2016

White House to revamp U.S. coal program as soon as Friday: sources

Source: Reuters

Thu Jan 14, 2016 6:54pm EST

White House to revamp U.S. coal program as soon as Friday: sources

WASHINGTON | BY PATRICK RUCKER AND VALERIE VOLCOVICI

The Obama administration will announce as soon as Friday an overhaul of how the United States manages coal development on federal land, according to government and conservationist sources, in a further move to confront climate change.

In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Democratic President Barack Obama said he would "change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet."

The new plan will require federal officials, when weighing land use decisions, to consider how mining and burning coal adds to greenhouse gas pollution, said environmental group sources familiar with the plans.

The overhaul also will aim to maximize returns for taxpayers by updating royalty rates when mining companies pull coal from federal land, said the sources.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-coal-idUSKCN0US2WB20160114

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