Tag: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

‘Not the Real World’

Obama officials pressured contractors to change job loss figures, recordings reveal

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Interior Sec. Ken Salazar / AP

Obama administration officials may have pressured government contractors to change job loss estimates associated with coal regulations, audio recordings reveal.

Muddying the Waters

Contractors claim regulator tampered with job loss estimates

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Interior Sec. Ken Salazar/AP Images

Congress is investigating whether the nation’s top coal regulator attempted to tamper with estimates of potential job loss from a proposed regulation.