Coal in the News

09Oct

EPA Rule Will Hurt Businesses, Consumers

For years leading up to the release of the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule limiting carbon emissions from utilities, environmentalists championed the talking point that states should expand renewable energy mandates and subsidies to “get ahead” of anticipated federal regulation. States such as Wisconsin and Minnesota made major investments in renewable production, energy efficiency […]
08Oct

Report: EPA’s Clean Power Plan To Hit African-American Families Hardest

Environmental Protection Agency power plant regulations are projected to raise electricity prices in the coming years, forcing struggling families to pay more for energy. But African-American communities will be some of the hardest hit by the EPA’s “Clean Power Plan,” according to a new study. The Pacific Research Institute reports that annual electricity spending for […]
07Oct

EPA Regulations Limiting Carbon-Dioxide Will Lead to National Power Failure

Last month, a U.S. House science committee hearing on President Obama’s proposed greenhouse gas rules was interrupted when the lights in the room went out. The irony was lost on no one. If the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions are implemented, the result could be a slow-motion power failure for the United […]
02Oct

EPA Doubles Down on Last Winter’s Power Plant Outages

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn today called attention to new findings by the North American Reliability Corp. (NERC) that 35,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity was temporarily idled during last winter’s cold snap. Of far greater concern, says Quinn, should be the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan that […]