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 […]
05Nov

Carbon Conflict Erupts between states over Obama power plan

Via The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:  WASHINGTON — An 18-state coalition led by New York and California has begun taking on a block of 26 states including Texas and Florida in a court fight over the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The regulatory initiative is meant to steer the U.S. away from coal power and toward renewable energy […]
04Nov

Wisconsin Joins Lawsuit Against EPA’s New Coal Plant Restrictions

Via The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:   Wisconsin joined 23 others states Tuesday in a federal lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations aimed at sharply curtailing construction of coal-fired power plants. Attorney General Brad Schimel’s office said Wisconsin was joining the other states in a lawsuit filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, […]
04Nov

States, Groups Put Clean Power Plan to Legal Test

Via Roll Call: The Obama administration’s two rules to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants have already attracted 21 suits in opposition — ensuring that federal appeals court judges, and possibly the Supreme Court, will determine whether the landmark limits stay or go. Opponents have also filed six motions for a stay of the […]