November 18, 2014
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Coal in the News

Power Grid Operator: EPA Climate Plan Would Raise Costs

As Texas regulators weigh a response to President Obama’s proposal to combat climate change, the operator of the state’s main electric grid...

November 14, 2014
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Coal in the News

Pence to Congress: Block Obama on Coal

Former Congressman and current Governor Mike Pence (R-IN) urged members of the Congress to use the power of the purse to...

November 12, 2014
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Coal in the News

Overseers Flag Concerns as System Shifts to Gas, Renewables

A national surge toward natural gas and renewable energy driven by cheap gas and new government rules and policies is creating...

November 10, 2014
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Coal in the News

US Clean Power Plan Poses Risks to Electricity Reliability

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan could harm the reliability of the power grid and may need...

November 6, 2014
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Coal in the News

Report Shows EPA Rule Plays ‘a Guessing Game’ with Reliability — Whitfield

The chairman of a key House Energy and Commerce subcommittee yesterday embraced the U.S. power grid overseer's statement that U.S. EPA's...

November 5, 2014
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Coal in the News

NERC Says Schedule for US EPA’s CO2 Rule Could Threaten Power Grid Reliability

The US Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants has aggressive schedule and includes...

October 31, 2014
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Coal in the News

Kansas Regulators, Commission Staff Slam EPA Carbon Proposal

Utility commissioners in Kansas are the latest group to take aim at the Obama administration's plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions...

October 28, 2014
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Coal in the News

It’s Foolish to Discard Coal as a Power Source

Michael Silver is right to cite the importance of mining to renewable-energy technologies, as well as the hypocrisy of those who...

October 24, 2014
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Coal in the News

Energy Cost Rise: A Pledge Obama (Unfortunately) Kept

Inflation: We've chastised President Obama many times for failing to live up to promises he made when running for the office. So...

October 21, 2014
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Coal in the News

EPA Climate Plan Strips Away States’ Flexibility, Ga. Regulator Says

Georgia's utility regulators will do whatever they can to fight U.S. EPA's proposed carbon rule for existing power plants,...

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