17May

Admin Referees Fight to Win ‘War on Coal’

Via E&E Publishing:  With rhetoric reaching a fever pitch, groups warring over coal’s future are getting their first chance to weigh in on the Obama administration’s review of federal leasing. The Department of the Interior’s first public scoping meeting is underway this afternoon in Casper, Wyo., four months after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell imposed a […]
16May

It’s Not the Free Market that is Killing Coal

Via Breitbart: These days, the pundits are offering a lot of different reasons why America’s coal industry is faltering: Natural gas is taking the place of coal; Demand in China has slowed; A warm El Nino winter has meant less power use. The list goes on. However, we never hear much about the big elephant […]
16May

Kentucky Right to Challenge an Anti-mining Regulation

Via The Lexington Herald-Leader: For decades, Kentucky has proudly mined the coal that fuels American industry. During World War II, coal helped fire the steel foundries and factories that built America into the “Arsenal of Democracy.” And today, with coal still supplying roughly 35 percent of U.S. power generation — more than any other single […]
16May

Keeping Coal in the Ground – What the Administration Should Hear

May 16, 2016 The Department of the Interior begins its listening sessions today in Caspar, Wyo. to hear stakeholder comments on its announced multi-year moratorium on new sales of coal leased from federal land. This is a down payment to the Sierra Club and other climate change activists who want to “keep coal in the […]
16May

Poor Justification for Obama Administration’s Coal Leasing Moratorium

Via The Hill:  In January, the Obama administration announced a three-year moratorium on the leasing of new coal reserves located on federal lands. The ostensible reason for such a moratorium, as Interior Secretary Sally Jewell subsequently explained, is to review current leasing procedures and to make sure that taxpayers receive a fair return for publicly […]
13May

State, Residents Will Pay Huge Cost Under Clean Power Plan

Via The Exponent Telegram: President Obama and the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is costing West Virginia’s economy billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lost jobs since its inception as the law of the land. The impact on the state budget, coal companies and coal-related jobs, as well as the negative impact on the […]
12May

Clean Power Plan Will Raise Energy Costs

Via The Roanoke Times:  Finally, the United States judiciary has stopped the runaway train known as the Obama administration. In a ruling issued Feb. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court called a halt to the implementation of the so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP), the president’s signature program to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-burning power […]
12May

What Powers Alabama? Coal to Remain Key Fuel

Via AL.com: Electric utilities across the country, and in Alabama, are using significantly less coal than they were just a decade ago thanks to environmental regulations and the low cost of natural gas. But representatives from Alabama Power, which provides electrical service to about two thirds of the state, say that coal will remain an […]
11May

Destroying Coal to Save It

April 11, 2016 On the eve of primaries in West Virginia and Kentucky, EPA Administrator McCarthy inadvertently showed why voters are fed up with Washington. – She bewailed the plight of coal communities as her agency aggressively regulates their primary employer out of business, then offers the victims a taxpayer-funded aid package to mitigate the suffering […]
10May

Coal Crushed by Needless Regulation

Via The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel:  For decades, Colorado has proudly mined the coal that fuels American industry. During World War II, coal helped fire the steel foundries and factories that built America into the “Arsenal of Democracy.” And today, with coal still supplying roughly 35 percent of U.S. power generation — more than any […]