25Nov

Congress Can Cool Off Obama’s Climate Plans

Via The Wall Street Journal:  When the U.N. climate-change talks convene in Paris next week, the risks will be high for American taxpayers. President Obama wants a climate deal and is willing to pay dearly to get it. The inevitable outcome is a plan with unproven benefits and unreachable goals, but very real costs. It […]
24Nov

New EPA Rules Would Dismantle State Plans for Energy Supply

Via The Delco Times: The quest for cleaner energy is one of the great challenges of the 21st century, and has fueled many “green” initiatives in recent years. But something troubling is coming down the pike now that the Obama administration has announced its new “Clean Power Plan.” In a full-speed-ahead quest to lower carbon […]
24Nov

Energy Chief: Electricity Prices Will Jump 25% Under Obama Plan

Via The Washington Examiner: “What a glorious mess is being created in America,” Murray plans to say at Thursday’s Texas Public Policy Foundation’s second annual At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit. “President Obama is the greatest destroyer and enemy of available, reliable, affordable electricity that the United States has ever seen,” added Murray, […]
23Nov

Take an Honest Look at the Pain EPA will Cause in North Dakota

Via Inforum:  Dean Hulse recently took Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., to task (letter, Forum, Nov. 10) for sponsoring a resolution of disapproval of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. He notes, however, that EPA’s plan to reduce carbon dioxide would account for some measure of pain on North Dakota. So let’s look at the pain and […]
23Nov

Study: EPA’s Clean Power Plan Could Lead to Closure of Colstrip Plants

Via The Missoulian:  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, if enacted, could lead to the closure of the four-unit power-generating station in Colstrip, according to a study released last week by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana. “If you look at the emissions of Colstrip and the amount […]
20Nov

The EPA’s Plan to Destroy N. Dakota’s Coal Industry

Via The Dickinson Press:  The middle-aged man next to me said, “I’m going to lose my job at the mine.”  The big room at the Bismarck State College Energy Center was filled to standing room only for the public meeting explaining the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. Job loss for North Dakota workers […]
20Nov

Controversy Grows Over EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via The Pittsburgh Business Times:  Controversy is mounting over the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. The plan is designed to reduce carbon outputs from power plants and thereby reduce the United States’ impact on global climate change. But its regulatory requirements will force serious changes to occur among those connected to major forms of […]
20Nov

War On Coal Projected To Cost Us $650 Billion And 125,800 Jobs

Via Town Hall:  Obama’s war on coal has hit these communities hard. We all know that. In fact, there is “visceral disgust” for Obama’s environmental policies in the Appalachian counties that have long-supported Democrats since the New Deal. The shift towards the Republican Party was seen in Kentucky when Mitch McConnell easily won re-election over […]
19Nov

EPA’S Clean Power Plan: An Economic Impact Analysis

President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed the Clean Power Plan (CPP) – a controversial regulation intended to reduce carbon emissions from U.S. power plants. As this report documents, the CPP carries significant cost implications for consumers, states and the nation. Read the report (PDF)
19Nov

America Can’t Afford Obama’s New Energy Plan

Via The Marietta Daily Journal: President Obama will be leaving soon for a UN conference aimed at tackling global warming. And ahead of this trip, the president has announced a new “Clean Power Plan” to curb carbon dioxide emissions from America’s power plants. Such an effort may bolster the president’s credentials as a climate leader. […]