AOC Calls for the Government to ’End All New Federal Coal Leasing on Public Lands’

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OCASIO-CORTEZ: "The U.S. Geological Survey found that the federal coal program alone is responsible for 13% of our total greenhouse gas pollution. I’ll say that again. Federal coal program alone is responsible for 13% of our total U.S. greenhouse gas pollution. It’s clearly time to end all new federal coal leasing on public lands and invest in domestic renewable energy production. As part of this transition, however, we must ensure that we are not simply trading coal barons for solar barons. We must make sure that new jobs are good union jobs and that miners and mining communities are given what they are owed.”