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Ratepayer Protection Act: Welcomed Move by U.S. House

Via The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: The passage last week of the Ratepayer Protection Act in the U.S. House of Representatives is another welcomed step in the ongoing efforts by the new Republican majority in Washington — with help from some Democrats — to stop the crippling war on coal that the Obama administration has been […]

Supreme Court to EPA: Power Plant Regs Do ‘More Harm Than Good’

Via The Examiner: In a stinging rebuke to the climate legacy Obama is desperately seeking to create, the Supreme Court ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to consider the costs of certain regulations, which actually did ‘more harm than good.’ In its 5-4 vote ruling, the Court said the EPA failed to take costs into account […]

Supreme Court Blocks Obama’s Limits on Power Plants

Via The New York Times: WASHINGTON — The Supreme Courton Monday blocked one of the Obama administration’s most ambitious environmental initiatives, one meant to limit emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the majority opinion in the 5-to-4 decision, joined by the court’s more conservative members. Industry groups […]

Court’s Decision on EPA Rule a Win for Common Sense

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn said the Supreme Court’s decision today in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA vindicates growing demands for common sense rulemaking from the Environmental Protection Agency: “Today’s decision by the Supreme Court is a vindication of common sense that is missing in much of the administration’s regulatory […]

A Worthy But Uphill Fight Against the EPA

Via The News-Sentinel:  One more area in which the federal government has gotten too powerful. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has written a letter to President Obama telling him Indiana won’t comply with pending federal rules restricting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants unless major revisions are made. Environmentalists say this snubbing of the Environmental Protection […]

Coal Industry Urges White House to Change Rules for New Power Plants

Via The Washington Examiner: The coal industry is pressing the White House to hit the reset button on strict new power plant regulations that critics argue would ban the construction of new coal plants. The National Mining Association, representing the coal industry, met with White House officials last week to discuss an industry proposal to […]

Editorial: Legislators Push Back Against EPA Power Grab

Via The Charleston Daily Mail: As the Environmental Protection Agency continues to exert regulatory pressure on West Virginia and other coal-producing states, elected officials here and elsewhere are putting some pressure of their own on the EPA. The EPA’s Clean Power Plan, requiring states to cut emissions by 30 percent before 2030, is expected to […]

Indiana Will Buck Obama’s EPA Climate Plan

Via The National Journal: Indiana Governor Mike Pence says his state won’t comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to curb carbon dioxide from power plants—unless the administration dramatically overhauls its regulation. Mike Pence sent a letter to the president Obama on Wednesday with that warning, saying that unless proposed EPA regulations for power plants are significantly […]

Standing Up Against EPA Overreach Benefits All Americans

Via The Hill: As the Environmental Protection Agency plunges headlong into remaking the very fabric of American electricity generation, it is reassuring to know voices of reason continue to challenge the agency’s reckless plans. Later this summer, the EPA is expected to issue its final rule for regulating carbon emissions from power plants. The EPA’s […]