17Jul

Pence Encourages States to Fight Greenhouse Gas Rules

Via The Indianapolis Star: The rules, which are expected to be finalized this summer, are the cornerstone of the administration’s plan to curb climate change. If states refuse to comply, the EPA has said, it will impose its own plan. But that would delay implementation, even without the legal challenge Pence says he’s committed to […]
16Jul

A Cautionary Tale on Energy

Via Philly.com: The idea of Pennsylvania doing things “the California way” doesn’t make much sense. Unfortunately, Pennsylvanians may not have a choice if the Obama administration has its way. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon finalize the Clean Power Plan, which requires states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030. To […]
15Jul

States Consider Defying Obama Climate Rule

Via The Hill: Governors of some conservative states are threatening to disregard President Obama’s signature climate rule for power plants, potentially creating a showdown with the federal government. Opponents of the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulation hope that the decisions by the six governors could lead to a significant or complete destruction of the rule, thwarting […]
14Jul

Some 2016 GOPers May Ignore EPA Coal Regs

Via The Washington Post: Some Republican governors who are running for president are threatening to ignore Environmental Protection Agency regulations likely coming this summer that would limit power plant emissions. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal have both been the most vocal in telegraphing their planned resistance. To combat climate change, President […]
14Jul

KY Race May Alter Clean Power Plan Fortunes

Via Environment & Energy Daily: For many supporters of the Obama administration’s landmark proposal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, Kentucky is an example of the plan’s viability. Even though the state is a major producer and consumer of coal, Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear’s administration thinks it can develop a plan to […]
14Jul

Governor Pence: EPA Climate Rule ‘A Genuine Threat’ To Cheap Energy

Via The Daily Caller: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is joining a growing number of states threatening not to implement the key aspects of the Obama administration’s global warming agenda, arguing pending Environmental Protection Agency regulations would impose huge costs on Americans. “One of the advantages in our economy has always been the affordability and reliability […]
13Jul

6 Governors Threaten to Defy Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Via U.S. News & World Report: Denial has become defiance. Six governors, a Democrat and five Republicans who have questioned or avoided taking a stance on the existence of human-induced global warming, have announced in the past 90 days that they will not comply with the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s signature effort to […]
12Jul

The Many Problems of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan and Climate Regulations

Via The Heritage Foundation: No matter one’s personal opinions on the climate effects of man-made greenhouse emissions, the Obama Administration’s proposed climate-change regulations will exact a high price on Americans and have a negligible impact—if any—on global temperatures. The EPA has already put into place several greenhouse-gas regulations; however, the most far-reaching regulations are set […]
11Jul

Clean Power Plan Could Push Millions of Minority Americans Into Poverty

Via The Washington Times:  This summer the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will finalize its carbon-dioxide emission regulations under President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. The EPA’s own data projects the regulations will reduce global carbon by less than 1 percent and sea level rise by one one-hundredth of an inch. The price Americans will pay for these “benefits” is layoffs and […]
09Jul

Pence Wants States to Join EPA Rules Fight

Via Pal-Item: WASHINGTON – Fighting the federal government over proposed greenhouse gas rules for power plants is worth the legal costs, Gov. Mike Pence said Thursday in a news conference with an industry advocacy group aimed at encouraging more states to follow his lead. “We do have a choice,” Pence said. “You can refuse to submit […]