- October 7, 2014
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- Coal in the News
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...
- October 2, 2014
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- Coal in the News
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...
- September 30, 2014
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- Coal in the News
Texas Committee Hears of ‘Severe Threat’ From EPA Carbon Plan
A committee of Texas lawmakers gathered yesterday to hear what's becoming a familiar refrain in the state -- that U.S. EPA's...
- September 29, 2014
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- Coal in the News
Electric Bills Heading Up This Winter
Massachusetts consumers will pay significantly higher electric bills this winter as a persistent shortage of natural gas for generating plants drives...
- September 25, 2014
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- Coal in the News
Fla. Utilities Cite Geography, Fuel Diversity in Criticizing EPA Rule
Florida's electric utilities have rather profound thoughts about U.S. EPA's proposed rule to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants, a...
- September 23, 2014
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- Coal in the News
Electrical Grid: GAO Report Raises Concern
As more coal-fired power plants are shuttered across the nation, the greater the impact will be on the nation’s economy and...
- September 22, 2014
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- Coal in the News
Will EPA Rules Leave Americans Out in the Cold this Winter?
Imagine what good could have occurred if the United States Senate had followed suit last year after the House of Representatives...
- September 20, 2014
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- Coal in the News
EPA Rules for Coal-fired Power Threaten Midwest Reliability — Grid Operator
A wave of coal plant closures in the Midwest tied to new U.S. EPA clean air rules is squeezing critical reserve...
- September 19, 2014
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- Coal in the News, Uncategorized
17 State Utility Commissioners Say EPA Plan Would be Bad for Reliability
U.S. EPA should reconsider its proposal for existing power plants in order to keep a reliable supply of inexpensive power flowing...
- September 18, 2014
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- Uncategorized
N.Y.’s Reliability Could be in Trouble Starting in 2019 — State Grid Operator
The Empire State will begin to experience power generation shortages in the southeastern part of the state starting in 2019 unless...