05Sep

GUEST COMMENTARY: Missouri Families Can’t Afford to Lose Affordable Power

Via The Missourian: Right now, many American families are struggling financially. And as I look around at these families in need, I wonder how many of them are prepared to pay more for their electricity now that the Environmental Protection Agency is implementing a “Clean Power Plan” to reduce carbon dioxide “pollution.” At a quick […]
04Sep

Letter: It’s More Regulatory Overreach by the EPA

Via Inforum: It is no secret that North Dakota’s energy industry is booming. Between oil and gas development, and the coal and wind industries, North Dakota is flush with energy-rich resources. The Republican leaders of our state have done an outstanding job balancing regulation of the industry while promoting development. Unfortunately, the bureaucrats at the […]
03Sep

Securing America’s Energy Future

Via The National Review:  Reliable energy production is critical for Americans’ financial well-being. By Marco Rubio — September 1, 2015 Today I will be visiting Oklahoma City to meet with some of the leaders of America’s energy revolution. Developments in shale-oil production such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have opened up new and exciting […]
03Sep

EPA’s Price Tag for Carbon Regulations: 34,000 Jobs

Via The U.S. Chamber of Commerce:  EPA’s Clean Power Plan isn’t so much a “War on Coal,” as it is a war on coal workers. Sam Batkins at the American Action Forum is doing a deep read on EPA’s carbon regulations. He points out that EPA expects electricity generated by coal to drop by nearly half–48%–from 336 […]
03Sep

Marco Rubio Jabs Obama in New Energy Policy Speech

Via CNN: As President Barack Obama highlights climate change and his energy agenda in Alaska this week, Marco Rubio, a Republican hoping to take his place, is using the opportunity to ding the President to spotlight his own energy policy ideas in the Midwest. The Florida senator on Wednesday gave a speech on energy in […]
02Sep

Electric Grid Reliability Fears Remain in Wake of Climate Rule

Via Morning Consult: Stakeholders and government officials are unsure about whether the Obama administration’s legacy climate rule will threaten the electric grid, according to the ISO/RTO Council, whose members include independent systems operators and regional transmission organizations. Critics of the power plant emissions rules have long held that the Clean Power Plan, which aims to […]
01Sep

EPA’s Clean Power Fraud

Via The Washington Times: By Paul Driessen  The Environmental Protection Agency has twisted 280 words in the Clean Air Act into 2,690 pages of Clean Power Plan regulations and appendices. The Clean Power Plan requires that states slash their utility-sector carbon-dioxide emissions an average of 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. At least 12 […]
01Sep

Report: Obama Coal Plan Will Boost Electricity Bills 16%, Drive Companies Offshore

Via The Washington Examiner: By PAUL BEDARD As President Obama jetted to Alaska Monday to talk up his climate change plans, burning through nearly 17,000 gallons of fuel, a new report showed that his “Clean Power Plan” will increase consumer electric bills 16 percent and speed plans by job-creating manufacturers to flee America’s high fuel costs. The […]
31Aug

EPA’s Clean Power Plan and Europe’s Folly

Via The Hill: The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final Clean Power Plan (CPP) to reduce carbon dioxide pulls a colossally damaging and futile national energy plan out of a bureaucrat’s hat. Who needs congressional authorization by law to dismember the engineering marvel that is our national electric power system? The EPA “architects” may have lots […]
28Aug

Clean Power Plan Could Have Big Impact on Rural Areas of Missouri

Via Lake News Online: In a state that relies heavily on coal to produce the majority of electricity used by consumers, the Environmental Protection Agency’s final rules regulating greenhouse gas emissions will have a significant impact on rates and jobs and could determine who can keep their lights on and their homes cool.  These rules, […]