09Mar

The Clean Power Plan is Gone — and There’s No ‘Replace’

Via E&E Publishing: The White House intends to unravel the Clean Power Plan without providing a replacement, according to a source briefed on the issue. An executive order expected to be released next week also instructs the Justice Department to effectively withdraw its legal defense of the climate rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals […]
09Mar

Trump Agency Heads Already Rolling Back Obama-era Rules on their Own

Via Fox News: President Trump’s newly installed agency heads are starting to take a lead role unraveling a web of Obama-era regulations, acting alongside congressional Republicans and the president himself to roll back rules they claim hurt business or simply go too far. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was the latest to peel back red tape. […]
07Mar

Trump to Scrap Obama Climate Plan, Costly Coal Rules

Via The Washington Examiner: President Trump plans to sign an executive order this week that scraps two major Obama energy and climate regulations in one fell swoop. The presidential executive order aims to roll back the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of former President Barack Obama’s climate agenda, and the Interior Department’s moratorium on new […]
06Mar

Week Ahead: White House Readies Climate Orders

Via The Hill: The White House in the coming week could release long-awaited climate change executive orders undoing much of the Obama administration’s work on the issue. According to reports, President Trump is set to sign an order calling for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of Obama’s […]
06Mar

Trump’s Coal Council to Drill Down on Advanced Technology

Via The Washington Examiner: President Trump’s clean coal agenda could get some much-needed clarity as federal advisers take a hard look at advanced technologies to make coal plants more competitive and climate-friendly, as Trump’s plan to repeal regulations will only go so far toward restoring the industry. Some of the experts slated to lead the […]
03Mar

Trump and Big Coal

Via The New York Times: Re “Letting Polluters Run Free” (editorial, Feb. 23): The “fresh hyperbole” you attribute to the president better describes your editorial against the sensible action he took. Contrary to your suggestion, coal companies require a multitude of federal and state permits intended to minimize or avoid impacts to water bodies, and […]
02Mar

The President vs. The Beltway

March 2, 2017 “We have undertaken a historic effort to massively reduce job crushing regulations, creating a deregulation task force inside of every Government agency; imposing a new rule which mandates that for every 1 new regulation, 2 old regulations must be eliminated; and stopping a regulation that threatens the future and livelihoods of our […]
01Mar

Trump Making Good on Promises to Coal Miners

Via The Orange County Register: Reducing harmful regulations and bringing back blue-collar jobs were major themes of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Now he is following through on those pledges. President Trump signed legislation repealing an Interior Department rule finalized in the waning days of the Obama administration that restricted the amount of coal mining debris […]
01Mar

4 Major Issues Zinke Will Face on Day One

Via E&E Publishing: Ryan Zinke, a second-term Republican congressman, is expected to be confirmed this morning as the 52nd secretary of the Interior. When he enters the marbled halls of Interior’s headquarters in Washington later today, the former Navy SEAL will be the first Montanan to head the sprawling bureaucracy that manages more than 500 […]
01Mar

President Hits the Mark in Speech to Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Mining Association (NMA) president and CEO Hal Quinn issued this statement applauding President Trump’s speech last night to a joint session of Congress: “America’s miners applaud the president for his steadfast support for policies that stimulate economic opportunity, job creation and robust economic growth. Voters have stated a clear preference for […]