President Barack Obama may make many promises at this week's international climate change summit in Paris, but he doesn't have the political support or legal authority to back them up, the main trade association representing the coal industry said Monday.

The 2015 Sustainable Innovation Forum in France is expected to draw leaders from around the world to address climate change policy. Among them is Obama, who told reporters the U.S. would push for an international agreement on the issue that would be legally binding.

American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity CEO Mike Duncan doubts that will happen. In a statement, he said the president was "peddling a plan that is facing wide-spread, legal opposition by a majority of his country."

"The president's plan is unworkable domestically and should be rejected globally," Duncan said. "The plan does nothing to address its purported goal of reducing global greenhouse gasses and will leave millions across the world without needed electrification."

An ACCCE analysis of a proposed Obama administration rule to reduce greenhouse gas emissions concluded the policy would cost businesses $30 billion a year, according to Duncan. That's why 27 states are challenging the rule in court.

"Americans recognize the devastating financial burden this illegal and reckless rule will have on states, the nation and their family's budget," Duncan said. "We hope that while the president is touting his plan in Paris, it becomes clear his plan is a financial burden that can't be sustained." http://bit.ly/1XvcEY7

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