5 Most Un-libertarian Positions of Gary Johnson

#4. “Free market is bankrupting the coal industry”

Governor Johnson has been on the record repeatedly stating that he believes the free market is bankrupting the coal industry. Some anecdotal evidence is out there to supplement that opinion, but the weight of the combined evidence tends to be on the side of the argument that regulations killed the coal industry.

In 2008, President Obama advanced an energy plan that he promised would bring the pain to energy manufacturers.

“So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them, because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.”

With that and the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, it’s believed that coal plants will be retired at a quickening pace, and coal production itself should collapse in the next yen years.  Add that to Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in the Department of Labor’s regulations, and you can get a pretty clear picture of how the government is doing everything they can to halt the production of coal in the United States.

Coal producers and energy manufacturers must comply to the following regulatory rules

These regulations include:

  • Cross-State Air Pollution Rule,
  • Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (Utility MACT),
  • Coal Combustion Residues (coal ash),
  • Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards,
  • Cooling Water Intake Structures,
  • Greenhouse Gas New Source Performance Standard,
  • New Source Review,
  • Section 404 Clean Water Permits,
  • Stream Buffer Zone Rule,
  • Proximity Detection Systems,
  • Examinations of Work Areas in Underground Coal Mines for Violations of Mandatory Health or Safety Standards,
  • Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Coal Mine Dust, and
  • Patterns of Violations.

How’s the “free market” in the coal industry working out?

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