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Trump to Scrap Obama Climate Plan, Costly Coal Rules

Via The Washington Examiner: President Trump plans to sign an executive order this week that scraps two major Obama energy and climate regulations in one fell swoop. The presidential executive order aims to roll back the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of former President Barack Obama’s climate agenda, and the Interior Department’s moratorium on new […]

Week Ahead: White House Readies Climate Orders

Via The Hill: The White House in the coming week could release long-awaited climate change executive orders undoing much of the Obama administration’s work on the issue. According to reports, President Trump is set to sign an order calling for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of Obama’s […]

Trump’s Coal Council to Drill Down on Advanced Technology

Via The Washington Examiner: President Trump’s clean coal agenda could get some much-needed clarity as federal advisers take a hard look at advanced technologies to make coal plants more competitive and climate-friendly, as Trump’s plan to repeal regulations will only go so far toward restoring the industry. Some of the experts slated to lead the […]

Trump and Big Coal

Via The New York Times: Re “Letting Polluters Run Free” (editorial, Feb. 23): The “fresh hyperbole” you attribute to the president better describes your editorial against the sensible action he took. Contrary to your suggestion, coal companies require a multitude of federal and state permits intended to minimize or avoid impacts to water bodies, and […]

The President vs. The Beltway

March 2, 2017 “We have undertaken a historic effort to massively reduce job crushing regulations, creating a deregulation task force inside of every Government agency; imposing a new rule which mandates that for every 1 new regulation, 2 old regulations must be eliminated; and stopping a regulation that threatens the future and livelihoods of our […]

Trump Making Good on Promises to Coal Miners

Via The Orange County Register: Reducing harmful regulations and bringing back blue-collar jobs were major themes of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Now he is following through on those pledges. President Trump signed legislation repealing an Interior Department rule finalized in the waning days of the Obama administration that restricted the amount of coal mining debris […]

4 Major Issues Zinke Will Face on Day One

Via E&E Publishing: Ryan Zinke, a second-term Republican congressman, is expected to be confirmed this morning as the 52nd secretary of the Interior. When he enters the marbled halls of Interior’s headquarters in Washington later today, the former Navy SEAL will be the first Montanan to head the sprawling bureaucracy that manages more than 500 […]

President Hits the Mark in Speech to Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Mining Association (NMA) president and CEO Hal Quinn issued this statement applauding President Trump’s speech last night to a joint session of Congress: “America’s miners applaud the president for his steadfast support for policies that stimulate economic opportunity, job creation and robust economic growth. Voters have stated a clear preference for […]

How Trump Maintains Anti-Regulatory Momentum

Via LifeZette: One of the themes emerging from the new Trump administration is a focus on overturning onerous regulations currently smothering American industries. It’s a laudable goal, since government rules bear so heavily on middle-class job creation. On Feb. 24, the president signed an executive order tasking officials with peeling back excess regulation. The president still […]

One Down, Two to Go

February 22, 2017 With the ceremonial removal of the stream rule in the Oval Office last week, a major burden on coal communities and threat to our diverse energy mix was lifted. But the danger from President Obama’s “keep it in the ground” regulatory tear lives on in two key policies: the moratorium on federal […]