claim: "the president’s own advisers have said there’s a war on coal."
author: mitch mcconnell
evidence_1: may 27, 2017 ... somebody should have told the president. ... gary cohn, director of the white  house national economic council, told reporters aboard air force one thursday  night that coal “doesn't make sense anymore,” as he talked up other energy ... “ my administration is putting an end to the war on coal,” he said.
evidence_2: jun 25, 2013 ... can obama kill coal on his own? as an adminstration advisor told the times, " politically, the white house is hesitant to say they're having a war on coal. on the  other hand, a war on coal is exactly what's needed.” the president has been  roundly and rightly criticized for his arguably supra-constitutional ...
evidence_3: may 26, 2015 ... “they're sophisticated, they're very active, and they're better funded than we are,”  says mike duncan, a former republican national committee chairman ... as the  affordability case for coal has lost traction, the industry's defenders have  portrayed the war on coal as a war on reliability, an assault on 24-hour ...
evidence_4: mar 28, 2017 ... president donald trump just signed an executive order to halt the federal  government's efforts to fight climate change. that means that, with the ... “my  administration is putting an end to the war on coal,” trump said before signing  the executive order, surrounded by a group of miners. “with today's executive ...
evidence_5: jun 25, 2013 ... ahead of the speech, white house climate adviser daniel p. schrag reportedly  told the new york times that a "war on coal" is needed. "the one thing ... group  president robert m. "mike" duncan said epa regulations have played a big role  in the closure of nearly 290 coal plants so far this year. "further ...