"In Moffat County, our real economic asset is our energy. If we lose those jobs, we really will become a ghost town," he added.
In EPA's grip, coal industry is headed to Washington
→
"Our sense here is it would be every bit as bad as people think it will be. The way I put it, this is the war on America's economy because this will ripple through the entire U.S. economy in a huge way," said John Kinkaid, a commissioner in Moffat County, Colo., which has two major coal mines within its borders and another just across the county line.
In EPA's grip, coal industry is headed to Washington
→
