Republicans begin rollback of Obama’s war on coal

Published February 2, 2017 12:58am ET



One year ago, West Virginia sought divine intervention for an Appalachia coal industry left reeling from downward market forces and heavy federal regulation. Republicans just started answering.

On Wednesday, the House deployed the Congressional Review Act to strike down one of the Obama-era’s most controversial regulations, the Stream Protection Rule.

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