10Oct

‘War on Coal is Over’

Via The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that he will sign a new rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. “The war on coal is over,” EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt declared in the coal mining state of Kentucky. […]
10Oct

EPA Moves to Repeal Obama’s Clean Power Plan Coal Regs

Via FOX News: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Monday that the Trump administration is moving to scrap the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s signature regulatory program to curb emissions from coal-fired power plants. Pruitt made the announcement at an event in Hazard, Ky., casting the previous policy as unfair. “That rule really was about […]
10Oct

Better Late Than Never

Via The Wheeling News-Register: It is unfortunate for the nation as a whole, not just for energy-producing states, that former President Barack Obama’s war on coal and affordable electricity is being ended after years in which it was pursued with attack-dog tenacity and yes, viciousness. Better late than never, however. “The war on coal is […]
09Oct

Pruitt, Perry Move to Boost Coal

Via The Washington Examiner: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will sign his proposed rule to repeal the Clean Power Plan on Tuesday, he said Monday morning in the coal-mining state of Kentucky. He will lay out the financial gain of killing the Obama administration’s climate rules for the coal industry. “Regulatory power should not be […]
07Oct

EPA Document Proposes to Eliminate Clean Power Plan ‘In Its Entirety’

Via Brietbart: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to repeal the agency’s Obama-era climate change program, the Clean Power Plan (CPP), “in its entirety,” according to a document obtained by Breitbart News. The 43-page document, titled, “Repeal of Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stations Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units” details how the EPA plans […]
06Oct

National Mining Welcomes Repeal of the Costly Power Plan

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn today issued this statement following reports of the administration’s plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan: “As reported, Administrator Pruitt will signal a decisive break with past policies that have used regulation of doubtful legality to circumvent the will of Congress, usurp States’ authority and raise […]
06Oct

Two Power Plays Show Leadership

October 6, 2017 After eight years of federal regulations weighing heavily on coal, we have now had eight months of reasonable federal regulatory relief. And Trump’s critics are crying foul. In the past week, two bold attempts to bring energy policy back towards the neutral zone have been greeted with near hysteria. First, Secretary Perry’s […]
05Oct

eport: EPA to Propose Elimination of Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Via Breitbart.com: According to a document obtained by Reuters, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will propose to eliminate Obama’s infamous environmental Clean Power Plan (CPP) regulation. The report, if confirmed, would signal the Trump’s administrations’ first step towards eliminating Obama’s environment rule intended to curb power plants’ carbon emissions. The EPA document, which was distributed to […]
04Oct

Rick Perry Urges FERC Protect Coal, Nuclear Power Plants

Via The Washington Examiner: Energy Secretary Rick Perry prodded the nation’s grid regulator on Friday to pick up the pace on an administration proposal to ensure nuclear and coal power plants are adequately compensated for the resilience they offer the power grid. Perry sent the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a proposed rule on that matter […]
03Oct

Trump’s Path to Global Coal Dominance Picks up at UN

Via The Washington Examiner: The Trump administration may gain an ally at the United Nations for its pro-fossil fuel agenda to build cleaner coal power plants globally. President Trump often touts his support for clean coal technology, and even though he is withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate change agreement, his administration still wants […]