Even with a lot of political will to increase coal, the economics won't permit it. Natural gas, and now renewables in many circumstances, are the clear economi

Even with a lot of political will to increase coal, the economics won't permit it. Natural gas, and now renewables in many circumstances, are the clear economic winners. And the reason it was falling is natural gas / hydraulic fracking, which emits far less carbon for the energy produced. The EPA can lay claim to many environmental successes, but this isn't one of them.