President Barack Obama told us back in 2008 that if someone wanted to build a coal plant, they can, but it will bankrupt them.[ia] His policies against coal are working--coal plants are closing and coal workers are losing their jobs. The Energy information Administration reported that U.S. coal production through September 15, 2012 is down by over 5 percent from the same period last year.[ii] But other countries that do not have our largest-in-the-world coal reserves are not following our country's lead in decimating the coal industry.