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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 […]

Indiana Says It Won’t Follow EPA Climate Rule Without Changes

Via The Hill: Indiana is prepared to ignore the Obama administration’s climate rule for power plants unless the regulation is changed considerably from last year’s proposal, according to the state’s governor. In a letter sent Wednesday to President Obama, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) used some of the strongest words yet from a governor on the regulation, […]

Pence: EPA Emissions Rules Need Changes or Indiana Won’t Comply

Via IndyStar.com: WASHINGTON – Indiana will refuse to comply with pending rules restricting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants without major changes, Gov. Mike Pence wrote in a letter Wednesday to President Barack Obama. “If your administration proceeds to finalize the Clean Power Plan, and the final rule has not demonstrably and significantly improved from […]

Governor Pence Rejects Overreaching EPA Regulations

Indianapolis – Governor Pence sent a letter today to President Obama informing him that unless the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan is demonstrably and significantly improved before being finalized Indiana will not comply. The Governor’s letter in full can be found attached. “As I wrote to Administrator McCarthy on December 1, 2014, […]

All-of-the-Above Means Coal Too

Via The East Tenn Business Journal:  Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to join my friend and colleague, Southwest Virginia Rep. Morgan Griffith, at the Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance’s annual meeting in Kingsport. Coal is an important source of domestic energy.  Did you know that coal provides nearly 40 percent of America’s electricity and […]

GUEST COMMENTARY: EPA Plan Will Harm Indiana

Via NWI.com:  For generations, Americans have enjoyed a little recognized advantage that most people in the world can only envy: reliable and affordable electricity. Utility companies have invested heavily in new environmental controls and clean coal technologies, and made great progress in using our plentiful fossil fuel resources to provide affordable energy in a responsible […]

Eastern U.S. Braces for First Summer Without Coal Plants

Via The Washington Times: The Eastern U.S. could be bracing for bigger summer electricity bills as power plant closures due to a host of federal emission regulations kick into high gear, according to energy market analysts. Market analysts with Louisville, Ky., company Genscape confirmed this week that nearly eight gigawatts of primarily coal-fired power went […]

EPA’s Clean Power Plan a ‘Cheap Shot’ at Pennsylvania Coal

In recent testimony before the Pennsylvania House and Senate Coal Caucuses, Pennsylvania Coal Alliance CEO John Pippy said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed “Clean Power Plan” will be “the cheap shot that cripples the industry.” ELECTRIC SHOCK: The CEO of Pennsylvania Coal Alliance has sobering words for the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan when […]