11Apr

State Spent About $150k on Clean Power Plan … So Far

Via Watchdog.org: UP IN SMOKE: Colorado officials continue to spend money on the Clean Power Plan despite a U.S. Supreme Court stay but have tapered off some costs. State officials spent approximately $150,000 to help Colorado implement the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, most of it before the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the rules last month, records obtained […]
07Apr

NMA Documents Administration’s Failure to Curb Regulatory Abuse

Washington, D.C. – Despite the many executive orders and directives requiring federal agencies to curb their voracious appetite for regulations that are redundant, inefficient or outdated, a lack of incentives to repeal them has predictably resulted in costly inaction. That is the conclusion of the National Mining Association’s (NMA) review of regulations imposed on mining […]
04Apr

Wasting Colorado’s Money on EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via The Denver Post:  With the full support of Gov. Hickenlooper, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is refusing to fully honor the U.S. Supreme Court’s Feb. 9 stay on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. Republicans in the legislature are trying to stop the agency from wasting taxpayer dollars pursuing […]
02Apr

Alabama Still Threatened by Obama’s War on Coal

Via AL.com: The Obama Administration’s assault on the nation’s coal producers took a remarkable turn recently.  The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay against the president’s massive “Clean Power Plan” (CPP), blocking the new program until a federal court determines its legality. The ruling produced a huge sigh of relief from the 27 states currently […]
01Apr

Wyo. Governor Blasts Climate Regulations After Mass Layoffs

Via E&E Publishing:  Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) lashed out at climate regulations following an announcement yesterday that two major Powder River Basin coal companies are laying off hundreds of workers. “If they were truly concerned about global warming, if they are truly concerned about issues like regional haze, this is not the way to […]
29Mar

Why Green Energy Means No Energy

Via Forbes: Here are some basic facts about energy and human well-being. • There are 7 billion people in the world who need cheap, plentiful, reliable energy to flourish. • Some three billion have virtually no energy by our standards. Over a billion have no electricity whatsoever. • In the history of energy technology, only […]
29Mar

Costly Clean Power Plan a Bad Deal for State

Via The Free Lance-Star: The Supreme Court just hit the brakes on President Obama’s climate agenda. The court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants by 32 percent by 2030, should have been an important win for Virginia’s consumers. So far, […]
28Mar

Wyoming Coal Operators Practice Responsible Restoration

Via The Casper Star-Tribune: I have watched with interest the public discussion regarding restoration of mined lands in Wyoming and the suggestion that some companies may not live up to their obligations. As a rancher myself, and as a representative of ranchers and agricultural interests, I recognize the importance of maintaining the land we call […]
28Mar

Hillary Clinton and the Myth of Dirty Coal

Via Breitbart.com: There’s more fallout from Hillary Clinton’s recent pledge to “put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin calls Clinton’s comments “horrific” and noted that the reverberations of such remarks could sway voters throughout states where coal plays an important industrial role. Indeed, Clinton’s remarks overlook […]