15Nov

Local Businesses to Voice Support for Coal

Via The Bismarck Tribune:  Though not in the heart of Coal Country, Bismarck-Mandan is affected by the coal industry and the local business community will voice its support. The North Dakota Department of Health will host the third in a series of meetings in Bismarck on Monday, garnering public input on a state plan to meet […]
13Nov

EPA’s Clean Power Plan Oversteps Federal Authority

Via The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 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 […]
11Nov

Manchin Blasts Clean Power Plant Rules in Letter to EPA

Via The Register-Herald: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., sent a strongly-worded letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) blasting the agency for establishing the Clean Power Plan standards for new coal-fired power plants. In the letter sent to Administrator Gina McCarthy, the senator contends the standards are based on a presently failing Canadian carbon, capture and sequestration (CCS) […]
11Nov

Stop Obama’s Power Plant Rules

Via The Hill: A major battle over President Obama’s plan to deindustrialize America is heating up in Congress as Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) has taken the first step toward overturning two of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most egregious rules in its war on coal. What’s at stake is a projected 72 gigawatts of electricity […]
11Nov

Louisiana Leaders Should All Fight Obama’s Carbon Rule

Via The Times-Picayune: Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published its final “Clean Power Plan” regulating carbon dioxide emissions. Now 26 states, including Louisiana and its Department of Environmental Quality, have filed suit against EPA, contending that the federal government is infringing on the states’ right to control our own energy choices. Louisiana’s autonomy in […]
10Nov

Power Plant Rule Ignores Constitution, Threatens Indiana’s Economy

Via The Chicago Tribune: A significant effort is under way to fundamentally change the rules governing power plants in the United States, and the effort was done without any congressional involvement. In fact, bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate oppose the plan. In contrast to the will of our elected officials in Congress, […]
10Nov

Morrisey Hoping for ‘Double Victory’ Against EPA Anti-Coal Plan

Via West Virginia MetroNews: State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey hopes for a “double victory” in the ongoing fight against the EPA’s power plans. West Virginia is part of a 23-state coalition led by Morrisey that filed suit last week challenging the EPA’s plan to limit new coal-fired power plants. Morrisey and other attorneys general are […]
09Nov

‘Clean Power Plan’ is Bad News for Texas Ratepayers

Via The Herald-Democrat: Access to affordable and reliable electricity is about more than being able to turn on your lights when you get home from work. We need it to power our schools, supermarkets, hospitals, offices, manufacturing plants and airports. But like all things in life, electricity isn’t free. In fact, almost half of Texas’ […]
07Nov

Fighting Back Against Administration’s Costly Power Plan

Via coalzoom.com: By Senator Mitch McConnell November 8, 2015 – Here we go again. The Obama Administration has fired its latest salvo in the War on Coal by publishing the final version of its so-called “Clean Power Plan”—regulations that would effectively shut down most coal-fired power plants and prevent new ones from being built. These […]
06Nov

The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Oversteps Federal Authority

Via The Choctaw Plain Dealer: 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” (CPP).  In a full-speed-ahead quest to […]