06Feb

Coal’s Reprieve: Congress Undoing Obama’s Attempt to Bury Mining

Via The West Virginia MetroNews: The new Congress has made quick work of former President Obama’s last-minute attempt to finish off the coal industry. Both the House and Senate used the Congressional Review Act to roll back the previous administration’s Stream Protection Rule, and President Trump is expected to give his approval. West Virginia’s Congressional […]
03Feb

Coal Miners Rejoice After Senate Votes to Repeal Stream Protection Rule

Via Fortune.com: The battered U.S. coal industry rejoiced after the Senate voted on Thursday to repeal a rule that limited companies from dumping mining waste in streams, saying the move could halt the sector’s decline. The Senate, approving a resolution passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, overturned the Stream Protection Rule as part […]
03Feb

‘Overturning Anti-Coal Agenda’

Via The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: The U.S. Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a measure scrapping an Obama-era regulation that Republicans warned would eliminate thousands of coal mining jobs if allowed to be implemented. The Senate’s 54-45 vote sends the measure to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. Republicans and some Democrats […]
02Feb

House Votes to Repeal Two Obama Energy Regs

Via The Washington Examiner: The House on Wednesday passed two Republican-backed resolutions to repeal Obama-era energy regulations blamed for unnecessarily curtailing coal mining and burdening the oil industry by directing companies to disclose dealings with foreign countries. The first resolution of disapproval passed along a strict party-line vote, 228-194, repealing the Stream Protection Rule, which […]
01Feb

The Club on the Head of American Workers

February 1, 2017 Today in Congress, the Sierra Club will twice be reminded of former President Obama’s boast: that “elections have consequences.”  The Environment and Public Works Committee will endorse Mr. Pruitt’s nomination as EPA administrator. The climate lobby that owned EPA for the last eight years now frets Pruitt will undo their handiwork while […]
01Feb

Tell EPA ‘No’ On Stream Rule

Via The Wheeling News-Register: It has been suggested that President Barack Obama’s motivation during his final months in office was to solidify his legacy. He certainly did that, in a variety of truly upsetting ways ranging from releasing a traitor from prison early to accelerating unnecessary environmental initiatives. Some of Obama’s legacy has been solidified. […]
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 […]