Obama Sets Up Water Clash With Mining Rule Trump Opposes
- Interior Department issues final regulation on coal mining
- Department cites "negligible" impact on industry costs
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The Obama administration issued new regulations to protect streams and groundwater from coal mining, which congressional Republicans swiftly vowed to reverse.
The industry says the U.S. Interior Department’s so-called stream protection rule will strand billions of dollars worth of coal in the ground. Even before it was issued Monday, President-elect Donald Trump had vowed to rescind it, calling it "excessive."