04Jun

Rural Electricity Costs to Soar Under EPA Proposal (Daily Caller)

Rural Americans’ Power Bills Could Skyrocket 40 Percent Due To EPA Rules President Obama said electricity bills would “necessarily skyrocket” as a result of his energy policies. Rural Americans are about to find out how much. At least six electric cooperative utilities across the U.S. mid-and-southwest could raise electricity rates up to 40 percent if […]
03Jun

Obama’s Environmentalist Attack on America (Frontpage Mag)

Apparently the reality that America’s economic output declined by 1 percent in the first quarter, retail and home sales are plummeting, and a record-setting 1 in 8 (or 10 million) American men in their prime working years between ages 25–54 aren’t working or looking for work will be no impediment for a president determined to impose a radical environmentalist agenda […]
02Jun

NMA Statement on EPA Carbon Regulations

NMA Calls EPA’s Rules for Existing Power Plants a Flawed Approach that Will Raise Rates for Consumers and Businesses; Puts U.S. Electric Grid in Jeopardy National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn issued the following statement on the unveiling of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed New Source Performance Standard for regulating greenhouse […]
02Jun

National Mining Association: There is a better pathway (USA Today)

EPA’s new greenhouse gas regulations are overzealous. by Hal Quinn Like Americans everywhere, I envision a stronger economy and quality of life for our children and grandchildren. But contrary to the Environmental Protection Agency’s extreme approach unveiled Monday, we believe there is a better pathway that moves us toward our environmental goals without raising electricity […]
02Jun

New Congress Must Rein In Runaway EPA (Newsmax)

The current Congress has abandoned its legislative and oversight responsibilities as established by constitutional separation of powers protections in allowing unelected executive branch agency officials to impose de facto laws through regulatory fiat. None is more extreme in such authority overreach than the EPA. EPA’s congressional circumvention actions under the Obama administration are becoming more […]
28May

Obama’s New EPA Rule Could Cost $51 Billion And 224,000 Jobs Per Year (IJReview)

A new study released by the U.S. Chamber Of Commerce has some dire warnings for the Administration’s recent proposals concerning lowering greenhouse gas emissions. The proposals, which require states to make major cuts in pollution from coal generators, will, by 2030, cost upwards of $51 billion and an average of 224,000 lost jobs per year. And it’s not just those […]
27May

New federal power plant rules will raise electricity prices (AL.com)

By Hal Quinn Surging electricity prices during this year’s harsh winter caught many consumers by surprise when their bill came due. The bad news is that electricity costs could get worse in the months and years ahead. Many consumers already see this coming. According to a new Harris Poll of 2,058 adults conducted in April […]
21May

Cleaner air could mean higher electric bills

NEW YORK – Electricity prices are probably on their way up across much of the U.S. as coal-fired plants, the dominant source of cheap power, shut down in response to environmental regulations and economic forces. New and tighter pollution rules and tough competition from cleaner sources such as natural gas, wind and solar will lead […]