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EPA Plan Means Higher Prices, Grid Issues in Texas

Via ECT.coop:  Electricity prices in Texas will rise sharply and a chunk of coal power will be sidelined under the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, the state’s grid operator says. An analysis released Oct. 16 by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas foresees a 16 percent boost in energy costs for consumers by 2030 […]

New Study Discredits OSM’s New Mining Regulation in Advance of Senate Oversight Hearing

Washington, D.C. – A new study by an environmental consulting firm documents steep costs and job losses from a new regulation from the U.S. Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement (OSM), adding further credence to widespread criticisms of this unnecessary rule. The so-called Stream Protection Rule (SPR), the subject of Senate oversight hearings Tuesday, […]

Does Obama Realize Negative Impact of His Policies?

Via The Logan Banner: Thank you, President Obama, for coming to West Virginia to discuss the rampant drug problem faced by our state, our region and, indeed, our nation. Perhaps no place has been more affected by the scourge of drugs — both prescription and illegal — than West Virginia. And perhaps no place in […]

Clean Power Plan Could Limit PA’s Energy Future

Via Centre Daily Times: On Oct. 9, the Environmental Protection Agency received yet another legal slap on the wrist for its overreaching rule-making — this time on “Water of the United States,” an attempt to regulate water sources nationwide. Eighteen states joined in petitioning the Sixth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals to review […]

Coalition Of 24 States Sues EPA To Defeat Obama’s Global Warming Agenda

Via The Daily Caller: A coalition of 24 states is suing the Obama administration in the hopes of defeating what’s been called one of the most “far-reaching energy regulations” in American history: the so-called Clean Power Plan. “The Clean Power Plan is one of the most far-reaching energy regulations in this nation’s history,” West Virginia […]

West Virginians’ Resilience Being Pushed by Impact of Anti-coal Policies

Via The State Journal: Chris Hamilton is co-chairman of the West Virginia Coal Forum and senior vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association. Personally, I struggled with the thought of President (Barack) Obama visiting West Virginia this week. On one hand, we have a serious substance abuse problem in this state and we can […]

Governor Pence Opposes EPA’s Carbon Dioxide Regulations

Indianapolis – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published its final Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Source: Electric Utility Generating Units, also known as President Obama’s Clean Power Plan.  Indiana and 23 other states immediately filed suit challenging the regulation.  Governor Mike Pence issued the following statement regarding the final regulation and the […]

Mining Industry Asks Court to Freeze Obama Climate Rules

Via The Washington Examiner:  The mining industry is asking a federal appeals court to stay President Obama’s Clean Power Plan until all lawsuits against the rule have been heard. The National Mining Association joined 16 states and business groups Friday in pressing the court to hear their legal arguments opposing the power plant rules, which […]

NMA Asks Court to Stay EPA’s Destructive Power Plant Rule

Washington, D.C. – In order to prevent significant and imminent harm to scores of states’ economies and millions of consumers nationwide, the National Mining Association (NMA) today asked a federal court to stay the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial Clean Power Plan until legal challenges to the rule are resolved. NMA’s filing in D.C. Circuit […]

Wyoming Legislators May Block Federal Clean Power Plan

Via The Wyoming Tribune Eagle: CHEYENNE (WTE) – State lawmakers are set to consider a proposal that could restrict Wyoming’s ability to comply with new federal environmental regulations. A legislative committee will meet Friday to consider a bill that would block the state from implementing the Clean Power Plan unless several conditions are met. The […]