24Mar

EPA Clean Power Plan Spells Trouble for Iowa

Via The Gazette. American households and businesses currently reaping the benefits of low oil prices may soon lose them to higher electricity bills. For this, we can thank an Environmental Protection Agency. A growing number of energy experts, including overseers of the nation’s electricity grid, regional power transmission authorities, power plant operators and energy economists are […]
23Mar

GUEST COLUMN: EPA Rules Will Harm the Poor Most

Via Tuscaloosa News: You’ve probably heard the familiar oath: “First, do no harm.” It’s the pledge doctors are obliged to follow when treating an illness or injury. Our government in Washington should heed the same advice: Don’t treat one problem by creating another, more serious one. That caution comes to mind as I’ve considered new […]
21Mar

EPA Plan Would Hurt Mississippi: Martin

Via The Clarion-Ledger: Mississippi is finally showing signs of a recovery from the devastating impact of the “great recession.” Incomes and investment are beginning to grow again. The recovery is still fragile, however. The state is a long way from recovering all of the jobs it lost, and job growth in 2014 was the ninth […]
20Mar

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Letter to Nation’s Governors

Dear Governors: I write concerning the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed “Clean Power Plan”, or CPP, a new Obama Administration regulation that would require states to dramatically restructure their electricity systems based on the EPA’s view of how electricity should be produced and used in each state. This new proposal calls for a 30% reduction […]
19Mar

Cost of Cleaner Power Could Take Toll on Low-income Families

Via The Hill: There continues to be contentious debate in Washington on the best approach to address the issue of climate change.  Environmental groups have lined up against business interests in what has become a heated battle over potential legislation. But one voice that may not be heard as clearly in this ongoing debate is […]
18Mar

In Ky., Debate Over Coal’s Future ‘Really is About Manufacturing’

Via E&E Publishing: Joel Kirkland GEORGETOWN, Ky. — It’s not hard to see how energy fits into Kevin Butt’s business of assembling 2,000 cars a day. “When we make cars, we argue about pennies sometimes,” he said. “Make it better, but don’t spend the money.” Butt is the regional environmental director at Toyota Motor Corp.’s […]
17Mar

EPA is on a ‘Constitutionally Reckless Mission,’ Obama’s Law Professor Testifies

Via The Hill:  The law professor, who taught President Obama says the Environmental Protection Agency lacks the statutory and constitutional authority to force states to implement plans to cut carbon emissions at existing power plants. “In my considered view, EPA is off on a constitutionally reckless mission,” Laurence Tribe, a professor at Harvard Law School, […]
16Mar

It’s Not Time Yet to Scuttle Coal-fired Power

Via the Great Falls Tribune: Coal was cheap and plentiful in the United States in the 20th century, becoming a veritable King Coal for generating electricity. In the 21st century, natural gas and nuclear power (absent a meltdown) are cleaner options, and so are solar and wind, although they are erratic sources of power and […]
14Mar

Charles Steele Jr.: Let’s Tell the EPA: First, Do No Harm

Via The Kokomo Tribune: You’ve probably heard the familiar oath: “First, do no harm.” It’s the pledge doctors are obliged to follow when treating an illness or injury. Our government in Washington should heed the same advice: Don’t treat one problem by creating another, more serious one. That caution comes to mind as I’ve considered […]
13Mar

Clean Power Plan Bills Generate Debate Across the Southeast, Midwest

Via E&E Publishing: Jeffrey Tomich and Kristi E. Swartz As U.S. EPA continues to work on a final version of the Clean Power Plan for release later this summer, conservative lawmakers in more than a dozen states are trying to ensure they get the final say on how their state responds to it, citing concerns […]