22Apr

Why States Should Boycott the Federal Clean Power Plan

Via The Wall Street Journal: Better for states not to comply with the EPA’s plans than to go along and absolve the feds of accountability for the mess. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) set off a firestorm recently when he advised states not to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. Yet that […]
21Apr

State AGs Take EPA to Court Over Proposed “Clean Power” Plan

Via Hot Air: The EPA is moving full steam ahead with their plans to clamp down on coal production in the name of reducing carbon emissions, regardless of how it impacts American energy independence or the costs which will be passed on to consumers. (And “full steam ahead” is probably an apt bit of gallows […]
20Apr

McConnell: EPA Climate Rule a Disaster Worth Fighting Against

Via the Lexington Herald-Leader: The Herald-Leader’s recent attempt to equate those who work in the Kentucky coal fields — along with those of us who support and defend their way of life — with the Southern plantation owners who once enriched themselves off the backs of slaves is a depressing new low. It’s no secret […]
19Apr

Louisiana Joins Other States In Fight Against EPA Emissions Proposals

Via The Advocate: By Gregory Roberts Washington — A federal court should block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from issuing its proposed rule to limit carbon emissions, lawyers for a coalition of Louisiana and other states and for the coal industry told judges Thursday — but even the challengers to the rule acknowledged the court would […]
18Apr

EPA Could Put Nearly 300,000 Jobs On The Chopping Block

Via Townhall.com: Combating climate change has been a priority of the Obama administration, and there’s a new regulation to be released this summer that outlines significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. It aims to cut them by nearly 30 percent between 2025-2030. Based on the calculations by American Action Forum (AAF), this new regulation would force one-fifth of […]
17Apr

10 Reasons States Should Just Say No To Epa’s Power Grab

Via the American Energy Alliance Blog: Since the EPA announced its regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, what EPA euphemistically calls the “Clean Power Plan,” states across the country have been working tirelessly to assess their options. Many have found they are in a lose-lose situation. No matter what they do, their state […]
16Apr

Halting the EPA’s Power Grab

Via The Washington Times: America is the land of the free, but environmentalists are determined to rule the air. The Environmental Protection Agency persists with expensive and unnecessary schemes to regulate harmless carbon dioxide — the stuff we and the plants breathe — and several energy companies and coal-producing states are making a final appeal to the […]
15Apr

Subcommittee Reviews Legislation to Protect Ratepayers from EPA’s Overreach

Via Energy & Commerce Committee: WASHINGTON, DC – The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing to examine a draft of the Ratepayer Protection Act. The draft legislation seeks to empower states to protect families and businesses from higher electricity rates and other harmful effects of EPA’s proposed rule regulating […]
14Apr

Editorial: Power Outage in DC a Harbinger of Things to Come

Via The Charleston Daily Mail:  As power outages go, the one in the Washington, D.C. area last week was relatively minor. But the outage didn’t seem minor to the dozens of people stranded on elevators, stuck deep in darkened Metro rail depots and to businesses forced to close early and lose revenue. But thanks to […]
14Apr

Guest Commentary: No Regulation Without Representation

Via The Denver Post: By John Cooke and Jerry Sonnenberg It’s always wise to be wary when Washington offers to do you a favor. As with the money Washington sends our way, there are almost always strings attached or a trap door hidden somewhere. And so it is with the favor President Barack Obama did […]