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State Officials to Lock Horns on the Clean Power Plan

Via E&E Publishing: Jean Chemnick, E&E reporter The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hear this week from states weighing how — and whether — to implement U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The five officials who will address the panel Wednesday are from state agencies and public utility commissions tasked with writing and advising […]

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PUC Chair Blasts EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via Texas Lawyer: Donna Nelson, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, doesn’t mince words about her views concerning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan. On March 2, she gave a speech titled “Power, the EPA and Texas” at the Texas Tech Law School’s Energy Law Series and said that the […]

McConnell to States: Don’t Comply with EPA Climate Rule

Via The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging state officials not to comply with the Obama administration’s signature climate rule. McConnell, a stringent opponent of the regulation, said states should not submit a design plan for limiting carbon pollution from existing power plants. “The regulation is unfair. It’s probably illegal. And state […]

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin Gives WV Legislature Authority in Clean Power Plan Compliance

Via The State Journal: By Sarah Tincher, Energy Reporter As West Virginia authorities begin to figure out compliance strategies for the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has signed legislation allowing the WV Legislature to have final say in the state’s implementation plan. The Clean Power Plan, proposed June 2, […]

Devastating Report Details Impacts of Obama’s EPA Regs on Louisiana

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steve Scalise (R-La.) today released the following statement in response to a Pelican Institute policy brief published in conjunction with a study by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, regarding the economic impacts on Louisiana of the Obama Administration’s environmental regulations put in place by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Pelican Institute found […]

Cold Enough for You? EPA Might Make it Worse

Via The Knoxville News Sentinel: Right now, Tennessee gets 42 percent of its electricity from coal-fired power plants. But what would happen if the state were suddenly forced to seek all of its electric supply from other sources? Could Tennessee experience crippling shortages of power during peak use? And would households see a steep increase […]

We Cannot Assume Reliable Energy

Via The Hill: I’ve written before about the dangerous economic consequences our country faces as a result of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed regulations to reduce carbon emissions. It is important to note that the climate policies being promulgated by the Obama administration will harm Americans, and especially the African-American community, in the form of […]

State Attorney General Testifies Against Proposed EPA Rules

Via Arkansas News: By Peter UrbanStephens Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge told a House panel on Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new regulations beyond its authority that would do harm to her state. “The Obama Administration is intent on following an agenda that ignores the plain language of […]