01Feb

Winning the Fight on Stream Protection

Via The Morning Consult: For close to a decade, Republicans have been leading the charge against the regulatory onslaught on coal communities. But now, with an ally in the White House, we can finally begin to roll back some of the punishing regulations of the last eight years. This starts with repealing the Office of […]
01Feb

Killing Obama Energy Rule Will Help the Most Vulnerable

Via Lifezette.com At a White House press briefing Tuesday, press secretary Sean Spicer was asked about the future of former President Obama’s signature climate-change action, the Clean Power Plan. Spicer responded that the Trump administration is looking at “all of the options” when it comes to energy policy, including “clean coal.” House Republicans announced a […]
31Jan

GOP Moves To Undo President Obama’s EPA Coal Stream Rule

Via The Wheeling Intelligencer:  Congressional Republicans are moving swiftly to repeal Obama administration regulations aimed at better protecting streams from coal mining debris. Coal country lawmakers unveiled legislation Monday to block the rules, which they say would kill jobs in the coal industry, which is reeling from competition from cleaner-burning natural gas. The legislation unveiled […]
31Jan

McConnell Pushes for Action on ‘Harmful’ Coal-Mining Rule

Via The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) pledged Monday to undo a coal-mining rule issued in the closing days of the Obama administration. McConnell introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution blocking the Interior Department’s Stream Protection Rule, days before the House is set to vote on a similar measure. In a floor […]
30Jan

Coal to the Rescue

Via The Washington Examiner: A fundamental shift in how America generates electricity is raising serious doubts about its ability to keep the lights on. Switching from coal to more natural gas and renewables is straining the country’s power grid. The biggest change in the past two years is what the utility industry calls the big […]
30Jan

Policies Aim at Increasing Economy, Energy Independence

Via The Times Record News: Anyone who had a connection to the oil and gas industry felt the power of federal bureaucracy during the eight years President Barack Obama governed the nation from the White House. The industry, however, did not know magnitude of all of the new federal regulations until last week when House […]
28Jan

Killing Obama’s Last-Minute Coal Regulation

Via LifeZette: As congressional Republicans headed to Philadelphia earlier this week to set goals for the new year, President Trump announced one of his own: erasing 75 percent of government regulations affecting businesses. This is either hyperbole, intended to grab attention, or it’s aspirational — anticipation that the new administration can achieve a lot in four […]
27Jan

A GOP Regulatory Game Changer

Via The Wall Street Journal:  Todd Gaziano on Wednesday stepped into a meeting of free-market attorneys, think tankers and Republican congressional staff to unveil a big idea. By the time he stepped out, he had reset Washington’s regulatory battle lines. These days Mr. Gaziano is a senior fellow in constitutional law at the Pacific Legal […]
26Jan

CRA the SPR

A swift and decisive response from Congress to the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement’s final Stream Protection Rule (SPR) is required and well-deserved: passing a joint disapproval resolution under the Congressional Review Act.Fact Sheet. Read the Fact Sheet (PDF)
25Jan

A Masterpiece of Bad Regulation

January 25, 2017 As congressional Republicans head for Philadelphia today to set goals for the new year, the president announced one of his own: erase 75 percent of government regulations affecting business. This is either hyperbole, intended to grab attention. Or its aspirational, less an expectation than a stretch that will still achieve a lot. […]