18Sep

Coal Supporters Turn Out in Large Numbers Against Stream Protection Rule

Via The West Virginia MetroNews: Many supporters of coal were on hand for the last in a series of six public hearings held by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) on the the Stream Protection Rule proposed in July Thursday night at Charleston Civic Center. The rule, also referred to as the […]
17Sep

The Office of Surface Mining’s Dog-and-Pony Show

Via West Virginia MetroNews:  Hoppy’s Commentary The U.S. Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining is holding a public hearing later today at the Charleston Civic Center on the agency’s new Stream Protection Rule for mining operations.  We will give OSM credit for at least showing up in West Virginia. When the EPA scheduled public hearings […]
16Sep

Winners and Losers from EPA Carbon Regulations

Via the Institute for 21st Century Energy: They say a picture can be worth one-thousand words.  In this case, however, it might be worth far more in summarizing the practical impact of the thousands of pages of regulatory text issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set forth and support its final carbon regulations […]
16Sep

The President’s Decarbonization Fantasy

Via The Washington Examiner:  Last month, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administered what they hope will be the coup de grace to America’s coal industry. They unveiled a new “Clean Power Plan” (CPP) with much fanfare and red-hot rhetoric, most of it faithfully echoed by the Washington press corps and the world’s […]
15Sep

The Unseen Casualties of EPA’s Climate Agenda

Via The Muscatine Journal: Since the Environmental Protection Agency, unilaterally and without congressional authorization, conferred on itself the power to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant, many changes have taken place in America, with few of them related to the climate. As a prime example, one study shows that the total number of coal-mining jobs […]
15Sep

Snyder Invites a Federal Energy Takeover

Via The Detroit News:  Gov. Rick Snyder has announced he intends to help President Barack Obama impose national carbon regulations, the so-called “Clean Power Plan.” In a statement, Snyder claims implementing the federal rule is the “best way” to ensure Michigan “retains control of its energy future.” The governor has it backwards. Implementing Obama’s carbon […]
14Sep

Ohio EPA Chief Faults New U.S. Air Standards

Via The Columbus Dispatch:  New clean-air standards threaten the future of some coal-burning power plants and would undercut Ohio’s industrial comeback, the state’s top environmental regulator told a U.S. House committee in Washington on Friday. “We are marching down the road toward implementing a rule with far-reaching economic consequences without any assurance that the rule […]
13Sep

EPA Rules Stifle Job Creation

Via Republican American: In recent months, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a laundry list of mandates to implement President Obama’s climate agenda. The three most disruptive and expensive are the EPA’s proposed standards for ozone pollution, carbon emissions from power plants, and methane releases related to oil and gas production.All U.S. businesses would […]
12Sep

Clean-air Rules Would Harm Ohio, EPA Director Tells Congress

Via The Columbus Dispatch:  New clean-air standards threaten the future of some coal-burning power plants and would undercut the state’s industrial comeback, Ohio’s top environmental regulator told a U.S. House committee today. “We are marching down the road toward implementing a rule with far-reaching economic consequences without any assurance that the rule is even a […]
11Sep

Ohio Set to Lay into EPA at Hearing

Via The Washington Examiner: House Speaker John Boehner’s home state of Ohio will lay into the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate rules Friday, joining other states’ environmental commissioners to testify on the problems with the Obama administration’s strict rules for power plants. Craig Butler, the head of Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency, will testify before the House […]