"The coal industry is poised to score a rare victory over the Obama administration in the fight over the Export-Import Bank.

Both of the working proposals in the House and Senate to renew the bank’s charter would reverse Ex-Im guidelines that prevent financing for overseas power plants that decline to adopt greener technology.

Bank officials adopted the policies, which included exemptions for the world's poorest nations, in December amid the Obama administration's broader push to address climate change."

Kevin Cirilli reports for The Hill July 5, 2014. [2]