Coal in the News

17Jun

Costly EPA Proposal Hard to Defend (Los Angeles Times)

Finding fault with the EPA The Natural Resources Defense Council’s Frances Beinecke finds it so difficult to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s claim that its new carbon dioxide regulations will save consumers money and their jobs that she prefers to criticize the EPA’s critics instead. But their logic is unassailable: Driving out low-cost electricity […]
16Jun

Nine Governors Urge President to Withdraw Carbon Regulation Proposal

Nine Republican governors sent a letter to President Obama urging him to abandon his administration’s recent proposal for burdensome greenhouse gas emissions standards and instead pursue a more pragmatic energy policy where states take the lead. Here is the text of the letter: June 16, 2014 Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The […]
13Jun

Proposed Carbon Regulations Crippling for Kentucky (SurfKY)

Could Proposed Coal Burning Power Plant Regulations Cripple Kentucky? Rita Dukes Smith, SurfKY News Director KENTUCKY (6/13/14) ― Leaders from two western Kentucky coal counties agree that if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed standards for existing power plants are approved, the subsequent job and revenue losses could cripple the state’s economy. “The way it’s […]
11Jun

EPA Climate Regulations = No Impact on Global Temperatures (Cato Institute)

0.02°C Temperature Rise Averted: The Vital Number Missing from the EPA’s “By the Numbers” Fact Sheet By PAUL C. “CHIP” KNAPPENBERGER and PATRICK J. MICHAELS Global Science Report is a feature from the Center for the Study of Science, where we highlight one or two important new items in the scientific literature or the popular media. For broader and more […]
04Jun

Rural Electricity Costs to Soar Under EPA Proposal (Daily Caller)

Rural Americans’ Power Bills Could Skyrocket 40 Percent Due To EPA Rules President Obama said electricity bills would “necessarily skyrocket” as a result of his energy policies. Rural Americans are about to find out how much. At least six electric cooperative utilities across the U.S. mid-and-southwest could raise electricity rates up to 40 percent if […]
03Jun

Obama’s Environmentalist Attack on America (Frontpage Mag)

Apparently the reality that America’s economic output declined by 1 percent in the first quarter, retail and home sales are plummeting, and a record-setting 1 in 8 (or 10 million) American men in their prime working years between ages 25–54 aren’t working or looking for work will be no impediment for a president determined to impose a radical environmentalist agenda […]
02Jun

NMA Statement on EPA Carbon Regulations

NMA Calls EPA’s Rules for Existing Power Plants a Flawed Approach that Will Raise Rates for Consumers and Businesses; Puts U.S. Electric Grid in Jeopardy National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement on the unveiling of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed New Source Performance Standard for regulating greenhouse […]
02Jun

National Mining Association: There is a better pathway (USA Today)

EPA’s new greenhouse gas regulations are overzealous. by Hal Quinn Like Americans everywhere, I envision a stronger economy and quality of life for our children and grandchildren. But contrary to the Environmental Protection Agency’s extreme approach unveiled Monday, we believe there is a better pathway that moves us toward our environmental goals without raising electricity […]
02Jun

New Congress Must Rein In Runaway EPA (Newsmax)

The current Congress has abandoned its legislative and oversight responsibilities as established by constitutional separation of powers protections in allowing unelected executive branch agency officials to impose de facto laws through regulatory fiat. None is more extreme in such authority overreach than the EPA. EPA’s congressional circumvention actions under the Obama administration are becoming more […]
28May

Obama’s New EPA Rule Could Cost $51 Billion And 224,000 Jobs Per Year (IJReview)

A new study released by the U.S. Chamber Of Commerce has some dire warnings for the Administration’s recent proposals concerning lowering greenhouse gas emissions. The proposals, which require states to make major cuts in pollution from coal generators, will, by 2030, cost upwards of $51 billion and an average of 224,000 lost jobs per year. And it’s not just those […]