22Aug

Forbes Forecasts Coal Resurgence Once New Occupant Moves Into White House

Via The West Virginia MetroNews: The chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media predicts the next occupant of the White House will lead a resurgence in coal if that person is a Republican. “Coal is coming back,” pledged Steve Forbes during an appearance on Wednesday’s MetroNews “Talkline.” “What’s going to happen in the next few years, […]
21Aug

Local View: Five Reasons Nebraska Should Reject the EPA’s Mandate

Via The Journal Star: The EPA’s “Clean Power Plan” would drastically increase energy costs for all Nebraskans without achieving its stated goal of combating climate change. Under the plan, the state would have until 2018 to submit an individualized plan to reduce statewide carbon dioxide emissions by 26 percent. Here are five reasons why Nebraska […]
20Aug

Obama Plan Would Weaken Power Grid

Via The Columbus Dispatch: The Obama administration and its radical U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decided to fundamentally change our energy grid, putting all Americans at risk (“ Ohio to fight Obama plan curtailing coal plants,” Dispatch article, Aug. 4). The so-called Clean Power Plan will be the most expensive regulation ever imposed on our electric power sector, with […]
19Aug

Cornyn Op-Ed: New EPA Rules Will Heat Up Texas Utility Bills

Via The Austin American Statesman: ‘The president’s approach – massive, burdensome government mandates – is a recipe for higher energy prices, tighter budgets, and fewer jobs in Texas. That’s simply unacceptable.’ U.S.  Senator John Cornyn Each year, our sweltering summers are a stark reminder of just how dependent we are on reliable, accessible energy resources. […]
19Aug

EPA Targets North Dakota in Final Clean Power Plan

Via The Grand Forks Herald: GRAND FORKS—When the Environmental Protection Agency issued its Clean Power Plan earlier this month, Minnkota Power Cooperative and North Dakota’s elected leaders were understandably stunned. That’s because the rule looked nothing like what had been proposed just a year earlier. It was much, much worse for North Dakota utilities and […]
19Aug

Obama’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ Hurts Economy

Via The Hill: Affordable, dependable energy is crucial to everyone, especially the poor, the elderly, those on fixed incomes, and local institutions like schools and hospitals.  Anything that makes energy more expensive and less dependable should be viewed with disdain. A case in point is a slightly revised version of EPA’s 111(d) Rule, better known […]
18Aug

Obama’s War on Coal Makes for Strange Bedfellows

Via The Indianapolis Star: Time for a pop quiz: What do Gary’s Democratic mayor, Karen Freeman-Wilson, Indiana’s Democratic U.S. senator, Joe Donnelly, and the state’s Republican governor, Mike Pence, have in common? The answer: Each has recently voiced strong opposition to new EPA regulations that will, in the words of Freeman-Wilson, “harm our businesses, the […]
17Aug

THUNE: The Obama EPA Strikes Again

Via The Rapid City Journal: If there is one thing for which the Obama Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can be counted on, it is the repeated issuance of rules and regulations that stifle growth and make life harder and more costly for American families and businesses. The agency, stocked with a seemingly endless amount of […]
17Aug

Poll Shows Colorado Opposition to Clean Power Plan

Via The Complete Colorado:  Coloradans oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan when it comes to increases in electricity bills, effects on minority communities, and negligible effects on global temperatures or carbon emissions, a poll conducted by Magellan Strategies found. The poll was commissioned by the free market think tank, the Independence Institute.* Clear majorities of […]
17Aug

The EPA Plan and the High Cost of Symbolism

Via The Independent Record: Montanans better prepare for a tighter monthly budget, because if President Obama has his way, the electricity running through your home is about to get much more expensive. On Aug. 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a 1,560 page regulation called the “Clean Power Plan;” a convoluted “administrative rule” aimed […]