10May

States Aim to Pre-emptively Block Power Plant Regulations

Via Roll Call:  Nonetheless, Senate Majority LeaderMitch McConnell, R-Ky., has proven adept at reinserting Congress in the debate. In March, the coal-state senator publicly urged states to defy the EPA by refusing to submit plans for complying with the rule for existing plants, which he argued will eventually be thrown out by a court. It’s […]
09May

Federal Rules Hike Utility Costs at a Time When E. Ky. is Suffering

Via kentucky.com: Eastern Kentucky’s persistent struggles to achieve sustained economic prosperity are well documented. It is tempting to conclude current difficulties are simply another cycle in that history. But that is not quite the case. While most of the U.S. and Kentucky are finally showing recovery from the Great Recession, there is no recovery in […]
08May

Courts Must Step in and Stop EPA’s Brazen Overreach

Via foxnews.com: It’s been said that ‘timing is everything’ and time is just one of the issues at stake in the legal proceedings surrounding the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which would regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants. Specifically, the Court must decide if a proposed federal regulation, like the CPP, can […]
07May

EPA Plan For ‘Clean Power’ Could Jeopardize Safety Of U.S. Electrical Grid

Via Breitbart.com: As President Obama looks to implement strict rules on carbon emissions, coal-powered electrical generation is on the chopping block.  For those worried about “climate change,” coal is a convenient target. Unfortunately, a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to shutter hundreds of domestic, coal-fired power plants has been hastily thrown together, with […]
06May

Governors Have A Better Choice

“According to the experts who oversee and operate the electric grid, EPA’s plan will be difficult, if not impossible, to implement without weakening grid reliability and substantially increasing the cost of the nation’s electricity supply.” Read why Governors have a better choice here. (PDF)
06May

Blacks, Hispanics Reject Obama Climate Change Agenda Over Concerns About Poor

Via The Washington Times: The very same voters who helped put Barack Obama in the White House increasingly are turning against the president’s climate change agenda, with influential black and Hispanic leaders warning that stiff regulations to limit carbon emissions will have a devastating effect on the poor and will further stifle economic opportunity for minorities. Some […]
06May

Energy-producing States Blast Obama Clean Power Plan

Via The Los Angeles Daily News: WASHINGTON >> The Obama administration’s far-reaching plan to address climate change would cause job losses and lead to higher electricity prices and even power outages, attorneys general from two energy-producing states said Tuesday. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt told a Senate panel […]
05May

WV Attorney General Fights Clean Power Plan Legality in US Senate Hearing

Via The State Journal: West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey took another stand against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on May 5, testifying before a U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C. Morrisey, who has taken repeated actions to fight against the legality of the proposed Clean Power […]
04May

Okla. Governor Vetoes Bill Aimed at EPA Carbon Plan After Signing Executive Order

Via E&E Publishing: Edward Klump, E&E reporter Published: Monday, May 4, 2015 Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) vetoed a bill Friday that envisioned a review by the state’s attorney general of any state implementation response to U.S. EPA’s plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. Fallin issued the veto the same week […]
02May

Carbon Taxes In Revenue Fantasyland

Via The Wall Street Journal: The words “carbon tax” are appearing ever more frequently on the lips of economists and policy makers. Earlier this month, former Rep. Bob Inglis (R., S.C.) received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for advocating it. Last Wednesday Rep. John Delaney(D., Md.) announced at a Washington, D.C., symposium on the issue […]