12Dec

Not So Fast: EPA Chief’s Coal Comments Unhinged from Reality

Via the Institute for 21st Century Energy: By: Dan Byers As we have repeatedly warned, an “air of unreality” is permeating the COP 21 climate talks.  Any agreements reached later this week will have little or no impact on what actually happens in the real world. On Thursday, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy joined the party […]
11Dec

Lawsuits Greet Clean Power Plan

Via Heartland.org: Igniting what promises to be a protracted legal battle, on October 22 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Clean Power Plan (CPP) in the Federal Register. Crafted to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from existing power plants, CPP is the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s strategy to address what it characterizes as manmade […]
10Dec

Stopping the President’s Climate Slush Fund

Via the Senate Republican Policy Committee:  Developing countries meeting in Paris say they could want at least $5.4 trillion by 2030 for climate mitigation and adaptation projects. Developed countries, including the U.S., are pledging to contribute $100 billion annually. Congress rejects the Green Climate Fund as no more than a U.N. slush fund. This week, […]
09Dec

Stream Rule Sparks Fireworks at Oversight Panel

Via E&E News: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republicans pelted a top Interior Department official with tough, rapid-fire questions yesterday on the agency’s proposed stream protection rule. GOP members of two panel subcommittees expressed deep skepticism toward the Obama administration’s assertion that the rule would not have a significant negative impact on the economy […]
09Dec

How Will the Clean Power Plan Affect the Power Sector?

Via  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:  Will the Obama administration’s new rules on carbon emissions from power plants spike power prices in Pennsylvania by 26 percent? Or will electricity customers see their monthly bills decline 7 percent? Both figures have been presented as possibilities within models touted by interest groups assessing the Clean Power Plan, an historic […]
08Dec

Obama Power Plan Is Costly Mistake

Via The State Journal Register:  Now that President Obama has spoken at a UN summit on global warming, it’s time to consider the specifics of his new climate campaign. In the run-up to the UN conference, the president announced a “Clean Power Plan” (CPP) that would curb carbon dioxide emissions from America’s power plants. It’s […]
07Dec

Obama’s Costly Power Plan

Via The Southern Illinoisan:  Now that President Obama has spoken at a United Nations summit on global warming, it’s time to consider the specifics of his new climate campaign. In the run-up to the U.N. conference, the president announced a “Clean Power Plan” (CPP) that would curb carbon dioxide emissions from America’s power plants. It’s […]
07Dec

Five Major Problems with the Clean Power Plan

Via Kentucky Living.com: As you read this today, please put aside your personal beliefs about the climate of our planet, and also put aside your political likes and dislikes. Why? Because regardless of whether you approve or disapprove of what’s going on in Washington, D.C., or in Frankfort or even your own county, the newest […]
03Dec

Obama’s Climate Plan Has Short Life Expectancy

Via Kentucky.com BY MITCH MCCONNELL It would obviously be irresponsible for an outgoing president to purport to sign the American people up to international commitments based on a domestic energy plan that is likely illegal, that half the states have sued to halt, that Congress has voted to reject and that his successor could do […]
02Dec

Rep. Jenkins: EPA’s Actions Cost WV Jobs

Via The Williamson Daily News: U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) took to the House floor Monday night to urge his colleagues to vote yes this week on two resolutions disapproving of the EPA’s new regulations on new and existing coal-fired power plants. “This week we will join together with the House to send President Obama […]