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These 5 EPA Regs Could Be The First In Trump’s Crosshairs

Via The Daily Caller: President-elect Donald Trump could eliminate these five Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations some studies have labeled as “job-killers” that do little for the environment. Under President Barack Obama, the EPA made individual rules and regulations that cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. Given the high costs, Republican lawmakers encouraged states not to implement […]

Bill Keeps Coal in the Energy Mix

Via The Bismark Tribune: Destructive gridlock too often cripples Congress, and it frustrates me as much as anyone. Congress shouldn’t be a place where good ideas with bipartisan support fail to move forward. If this election has taught us anything, it’s that Congress needs to get to work finding the kind of practical, bipartisan solutions […]

Another View: Time for Reasonable Policy, Plans for Coal Energy

Via The Daily Times: As the recent election cycle demonstrated, American politics is beset with a number of polarizing issues. Among the most obvious has been the debate over coal. Where Hillary Clinton favored renewable energy at the expense of the coal industry, Donald Trump has promised to launch a coal renaissance. This “either/or” schism […]

Let the Coal Industry Compete

Via The New York Times: NOV. 29, 2016 To the Editor: “The Coal Industry Isn’t Coming Back,” by Michael E. Webber (Op-Ed, Nov. 16), suggests that the decline in coal has been due to “cheap natural gas, cheap renewables” and “regulations that got their start in the George W. Bush administration,” and that the coal […]

A Fair Chance to Make Coal Cleaner

Via Kokomo Tribune: As the recent election cycle demonstrated, American politics is beset with a number of polarizing issues. Among the most obvious has been the debate over coal. Where Hillary Clinton favored renewable energy at the expense of the coal industry, Donald Trump has promised to launch a coal renaissance. This “either/or” schism overlooks […]

A Trump Administration Could Bring Real Relief to America’s Coal Communities

Via The Roanoke Times: Donald Trump praised America’s coal workers throughout the recent presidential campaign. And he vowed to get the coal industry back on its feet. Now that a Trump Administration is poised to take office on Jan. 20, it’s realistic to believe that relief could be on the way for decimated coal communities. […]

The EPA Shows Again That It’s an Affront to Common Sense

Via The National Review: For decades, in administrations Democratic and Republican alike, the Environmental Protection Agency has been a paragon of waste, fraud, and abuse, a corrupt taxpayer-funded Evil Empire. “Science” there is just a tool to be manipulated in order to advance radical anti-technology and anti-industry agendas, even if it means distorting the intent of […]

OBAMA’S LEGACY: Coal Plants Are Still Closing Despite Trump’s Win

Via The Daily Caller: President-Elect Donald Trump’s recent election win may have boosted coal industry stocks, but dozens of coal-fired generators around the country are still slated to be shut down in the coming years. Utilities have plans to shutter 45 coal-fired units at various power plants, according to data compiled by SNL Energy. The […]

Thanksgiving – for a New Start from a New Government

November 22, 2016 Tens of thousands of people connected to the coal mining industry suddenly have something to be thankful for on Thanksgiving.  It isn’t only miners that are facing a brighter holiday season. It’s the many others whose livelihoods depend on coal miners to keep the proverbial turkey on the table. Some work in […]