STATEMENT FROM TOM STEYER ON THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S REFORM OF THE FEDERAL COAL LEASING PROGRAM

Below is a statement from NextGen Climate President Tom Steyer in response to reports that President Obama will announce reforms of the federal coal leasing program:

“The President has taken an historic step forward in leveling the playing field and ending the fossil fuel industry’s unfair advantage. On the heels of the Paris Agreement and the Keystone XL pipeline rejection, this is another triumph for sensible polices that the American people deserve. We cannot go back. Our next president must build on this progress and go even further in building a clean energy economy that works for all Americans.”