Top Admin Official Outlines 'Strong Case' for Leasing Reform

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June 22, 2016

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"Taxpayers are already not getting their money's worth from federal coal leasing regardless of the Obama administration's concerns about coal's environmental impact, a top White House economist said today. Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, outlined a 'strong case' for coal leasing reform today during a presentation at Washington, D.C., think tank Resources for the Future."

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