19Aug

Obama’s ‘Clean Power Plan’ Hurts Economy

Via The Hill: Affordable, dependable energy is crucial to everyone, especially the poor, the elderly, those on fixed incomes, and local institutions like schools and hospitals.  Anything that makes energy more expensive and less dependable should be viewed with disdain. A case in point is a slightly revised version of EPA’s 111(d) Rule, better known […]
18Aug

Obama’s War on Coal Makes for Strange Bedfellows

Via The Indianapolis Star: Time for a pop quiz: What do Gary’s Democratic mayor, Karen Freeman-Wilson, Indiana’s Democratic U.S. senator, Joe Donnelly, and the state’s Republican governor, Mike Pence, have in common? The answer: Each has recently voiced strong opposition to new EPA regulations that will, in the words of Freeman-Wilson, “harm our businesses, the […]
17Aug

THUNE: The Obama EPA Strikes Again

Via The Rapid City Journal: If there is one thing for which the Obama Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can be counted on, it is the repeated issuance of rules and regulations that stifle growth and make life harder and more costly for American families and businesses. The agency, stocked with a seemingly endless amount of […]
17Aug

Poll Shows Colorado Opposition to Clean Power Plan

Via The Complete Colorado:  Coloradans oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan when it comes to increases in electricity bills, effects on minority communities, and negligible effects on global temperatures or carbon emissions, a poll conducted by Magellan Strategies found. The poll was commissioned by the free market think tank, the Independence Institute.* Clear majorities of […]
17Aug

The EPA Plan and the High Cost of Symbolism

Via The Independent Record: Montanans better prepare for a tighter monthly budget, because if President Obama has his way, the electricity running through your home is about to get much more expensive. On Aug. 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a 1,560 page regulation called the “Clean Power Plan;” a convoluted “administrative rule” aimed […]
16Aug

EPA Mandates on Carbon Emissions Should be Challenged

Via The Colorado Statesman:  On Aug. 3 the Obama administration declared war on the Colorado economy. In the name of saving the planet from “climate change,” Coloradans will be required to pay sharply higher utility bills while restructuring our power generation plants to implement the costly – and likely unlawful – federal mandates for lower […]
14Aug

New EPA Rules Anything But Reasonable

Via WisOpinion.com: By Mike KuglitschThe column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. It’s hard to understand how anyone can conclude reasonableness when evaluating President Obama’s new plan to supposedly rein in carbon emissions. The so-called Clean Power Plan is poised to dramatically increase electricity costs in […]
14Aug

Winners and Losers in Obama’s New Plan to Limit Greenhouse Gas

Via The Loudon Times-Mirror: WASHINGTON — Calling it a moral obligation, President Barack Obama unveiled the final version of his plan to dramatically cut emissions from U.S. power plants, as he warned anew that climate change will threaten future generations if left unchecked.Touting the plan at a White House event Aug. 3, Obama said the […]
14Aug

Missouri Should Oppose Obama’s “Clean Power Plan”

Via The Missouri Times: By Senator David Sater, R-Cassville Early this week, President Obama announced his plans to use the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose more government control and regulation over U.S. carbon emissions. In a 1,560-page EPA rule, Obama is requiring power plants to reduce emissions 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 […]
14Aug

EPA’s Global Warming Rule Will Kill Wisconsin Jobs

Via The Star: The federal Environmental Protection Agency issued its final global warming rule for coal-fired power plants recently. If allowed to go into effect, the rule will kill Wisconsin factory jobs and force families to pay more for their electricity. There are many reasons why the EPA’s rule is bad for Wisconsin and our […]