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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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)
  • On November 19, 2015
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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. […]
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19Nov

We Must Save Colstrip and Block Double-digit Rate Hikes

Via The Great Falls Tribune: What happens if we lose Colstrip? “It’ll look like Ground Zero.” That’s what the mayor of Colstrip told me last week. To Colstrip moms like Cheryl Fulkerson, it means her husband and her son may both lose their jobs in the coal industry. And, it means the place that she […]
  • On November 19, 2015
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18Nov

State Should Tread Carefully with Clean Power Plan

Via The Times Leader: On Oct. 9, the Environmental Protection Agency received yet another legal slap on the wrist for its overreaching rule-making – this time on “Water of the United States,” an attempt to regulate water sources nationwide. Eighteen states joined in petitioning the Sixth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals to review […]
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18Nov

Viewpoint: EPA’s Clean Power Plan Will Cost Colorado Consumers and Stunt the State’s Growth

Via The Denver Business Journal:  Wide-ranging voices—in politics, in business, and those of consumer advocates like our coalition—have been warning of the potentially crippling costs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s soon-to-be-implemented Clean Power Plan. Its ripple effects will be felt nationwide, and Colorado is by all indications squarely in harm’s way. As we have […]
  • On November 18, 2015
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