04Aug

EPA’s Clean Power Plan Won’t Stop Surge in Coal­fired Plants

Via The Paducah Sun: One of the main arguments supporters use in favor of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is that it will help solve the so­called “climate change” problem. “We are taking the most significant step in U.S. history toward reducing the pollution that causes climate change,” declared the Environmental Defense Fund. Even assuming, […]
04Aug

EPA Plan Offers All Pain, No Gain

Via USA Today: The Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Power Plan unveiled Monday reflects political expediency, not the reality of supplying the nation with low cost, reliable power. The revisions that EPA made to this plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions amount to changes without any real difference. States face even tougher targets for replacing […]
03Aug

KY Gov. Beshear’s Statement on EPA Rule

FRANKFORT, Ky. – “I am extremely disappointed and frustrated by the huge changes the EPA made from the proposed rule. What is being proposed for Kentucky is disastrous – disastrous for our declining coal economy and equally disastrous for our very important manufacturing economy. The EPA claimed that it listened to the comments received on […]
03Aug

Mining Group Asks EPA to Stay its Climate Rule

Via The Hill: The National Mining Association (NMA) is asking the Obama administration to stay its climate change rule for power plants pending judicial review. The Washington D.C.-based national trade organization said the new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency, which President Obama will announce later today, is going to increase energy costs. “EPA’s final Clean […]
03Aug

Governor Pence Issues Statement on Carbon Dioxide Regulations

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issuing its final regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.  Known as the Clean Power Plan, the regulations impose a carbon dioxide emissions reduction requirement on each state. “When it comes to energy policy, this Administration […]
03Aug

States Should Shun the EPA’s New Power Mandate

Via The Wall Street Journal: On Monday President Obama is announcing the final version of his Clean Power Plan, the carbon-emission rules for power plants to secure his climate-change legacy. The plan is designed to hobble electricity generators much as the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2012 rule to reduce mercury and other emissions has harmed the coal industry. […]
02Aug

EPA Putting Affordable Energy in Jeopardy

Via State Journal-Register: Too often in this country we address one problem only to create another problem more serious than the first. I believe that is exactly what is happening with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which aims to cut carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants. While reducing the environmental […]
01Aug

The EPA vs. Colorado’s Minorities

Via The Pueblo Chieftain: With the Obama administration only two months away from releasing its so-called “Clean Power Plan,” much debate has focused on the supposed benefits of cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15 years. Lost amid the rhetoric, however, is the economic hardship it will impose on millions of working families—especially […]
31Jul

GUEST COLUMN: EPA Plan Will Lead to Fewer Jobs, Higher Rates

Via The Lufkin Daily News: Texas’ balanced energy portfolio is what drives our state’s economic growth and provides job security to millions of Texans. Texas energy jobs aren’t just in oil fields, mines and power plants. The affordable electricity rates provided by our diverse energy supply ensure that other employers, such as those in our […]
29Jul

Pennsylvania Leaders Must Reject California-cation of Power Grid

Via ydr.com: The idea of Pennsylvania doing things “the California way” doesn’t make much sense. Unfortunately, Pennsylvanians may not have a choice if the Obama administration has its way. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon finalize the “Clean Power Plan,” requiring states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030. To […]