07Mar

Coal Stream Rule Proposal Scrutinized for Costs, Benefits

Via The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel:  A federal proposal to better protect streams from impacts of coal mining is coming under scrutiny regarding its level of necessity, particularly out West, and what benefits it would provide. The National Mining Association is criticizing the proposal by the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, saying […]
07Mar

Cutting Off Coal a Terrible Policy

Via The Las Vegas Review-Journal: Coal is our most abundant and economical resource for producing electricity, and methods have been created to burn it much more cleanly. But President Barack Obama’s anti-fossil fuel fixation threatens to not only raise energy costs, but also do major damage to the coal industry and our economy. As Mark […]
03Mar

Rogers to OSM Director: Coalfields Need Regulatory Relief

As Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Congressman Hal Rogers submitted the following statement for the fiscal year 2017 budget hearing for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement: “Mr. Chairman, thank you for yielding. Director Pizarchik, I appreciate you taking the time to be here today. Welcome to the Interior subcommittee. “Yesterday, Secretary Jewell […]
02Mar

Clean Power Plan Challenge is Based on Federalism

Via The Elko Daily Free Press:  Shortly after Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the 29 states suing in federal court to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions from electric power plants, the attorney for an environmental group fired off a criticism. “Attorney […]
02Mar

Clean Power Plan Unconstitutional, Economic Burden

Via The Springfield News-Leader: Like many of my colleagues, I was elected by the people of my district to protect and defend their rights, and to limit the impact of government in their lives. I work daily to promote a free market that generates jobs and prosperity, and to minimize the unnecessary intervention by government. […]
01Mar

House Republican: Obama Coal Policies are ‘Destroying My State’

Via The Hill: Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) slammed the Obama administration’s fossil fuel policies on Tuesday, saying the halting of an Interior Department coal-leasing program will “destroy” her state’s natural resources-based economy. The Interior Department announced a plan in January to halt new federal leases for coal development on federal land while the government considers […]
01Mar

PA, Reconsider Proceeding with Clean Power Plan

Via Philly.com: The U.S. Supreme Court recently took the unprecedented step of issuing a stay of President Obama’s massive Clean Power Plan. The court ruled that states should not be compelled to assume the exorbitant costs imposed by the plan until a federal court determines its legality. The ruling produced a huge sigh of relief […]
01Mar

Let’s Keep Up the Fight for Affordable and Reliable Energy

Via WMICentral.com: President Obama’s environmental overreach was recently slowed down by the United States Supreme Court, which plans to determine the legality of the Environmental Protection Agency Power Plan. This is good news for Arizona and the 27 other States that joined the lawsuit to stop Obama’s far-reaching energy regulations that tax power, kill jobs, […]
29Feb

Show of Strength: 200 Lawmakers Oppose Anti-Coal Plan

Via The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: In a welcomed and necessary show of strength, more than 200 members of Congress have filed an amicus brief in support of West Virginia’s court case against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its existing coal-fired power plant regulations. That’s 170 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and 34 […]
29Feb

Chamber of Commerce Joins Suit Against EPA Rules

Via WRIC News: The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has joined 166 other business organizations in supporting a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s Clean Power Plan, which would require states to cut carbon emissions. The move puts the chamber on the opposite side of the issue from Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring. He has joined 17 […]