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Coal Should Be Part Of Energy Mix Given National Clean Power Plan Rollback

Via WIBW News: A pro-coal attorney and former member of the Missouri Public Service Commission sees the rollback of the Clean Power Plan by President Donald Trump as a positive. “Coal plants that were slated to close within the next three to four years will remain open,” said Terry Jarrett. “Coal will now be able […]

The Climate Yawns

Via The Wall Street Journal: The oddest criticism of Donald Trump’s climate action this week was the claim, mentioned almost triumphantly by every news source, that it would save few coal jobs. The economic and technological forces, especially the flood of low-carbon natural gas from fracking, are just too powerful. Then why, if you’re a […]

Trump’s Rollback of Coal Rules Electrifies Wyoming Workers

Via The Observer-Reporter: This hardscrabble Wyoming city of about 30,000 people proclaims itself the “Energy Capital of the Nation” on the mayor’s blue blazer and even the parking ticket payment boxes. Nearby are some of the world’s largest open-pit mines, where dump trucks the size of houses haul out more than 40 percent of the […]

How President Trump Avoided a Catastrophe in the Coalfields.

Via The Williamson Daily News:  Many Americans have already forgotten about the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama administration’s signature effort to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants. But not the nation’s coal communities. They’ve lived with this regulation as an ever-present threat even after its implementation was stayed by a federal court. […]

Trump Isn’t Saving the Coal Industry. He’s Letting it Compete.

Via The Hill: President Trump this week signed the American Energy Independence Executive Order, an action being used by allies and critics alike to rally their bases, particularly when it comes to the re-examination of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. But while one side predicts environmental Armageddon, and the other cheers for an industry’s […]

U.S. Can Have a Viable Coal Industry

Via The Charleston Gazette-Mail: Yes, President Donald Trump throws a lot of punches via his ever-present Twitter account. But he’s landed some good jabs lately against critics of America’s coal industry. And while some argue the president is raising expectations too high, no one really expects him to return coal to its glory days, at […]

Colorado Coal Communities Saved from Costly Power Plan

Via The Craig Daily Press: Many Americans have already forgotten about the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama administration’s signature effort to reduce carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants — but not the nation’s coal communities. They’ve lived with this regulation as an ever-present threat even after its implementation was stayed by a federal […]

Jarrett: Overturning Clean Power Plan Means Breathing Room For Struggling U.S. Economy

Via The Roanoke Times: It made for colorful news this week — President Trump announcing a halt to the Obama Administration’s massive “Clean Power Plan” (CPP). Pundits immediately leapt to criticize the president, saying that canceling the CPP would mean more costs and more “pollution” for America’s consumers. Such fear-mongering is simply incorrect, though, and […]

Navajos Celebrate End of Obama’s Job-Killing Energy Policies

Via Brietbart: Former President Barack Obama’s efforts to shut down the coal industry in the United States have threatened the well-being of generations of coal plant and mine workers, including those of the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Generating Station and the Kayenta Mine on Navajo land in Arizona has directly and indirectly provided 3,100 jobs […]

A New Era for American Energy

March 29, 2017: “The War on Coal is over – and a new era of American energy has begun.” So tweeted our vice president this weekend, foreshadowing the events that occurred at EPA headquarters. It was a stirring sight: 30 coal miners from the Brush Valley Mine in Pennsylvania alongside President Trump, EPA Administrator Pruitt […]