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Coal Country Gets a Chance to Testify About the Impact of Climate Policies

Via West Virgina MetroNews: A favored tactic of radical environmentalists is to characterize anyone who questions their orthodoxy as “climate change deniers,” suggesting that those who dare to raise concerns about the impact of draconian climate policies are all part of some flat earth society. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, a favorite of the environmental left who […]

Why Does Obama Want to End Coal Use?

Via The Journal: After reading that Governor Tomblin is investing $1 million to provide green jobs for former coal miners, I wonder how may workers would just prefer to keep mining coal to feed their families. Thanks largely to over regulation, coal is not allowed to compete in a fair and open marketplace with other […]

The President’s Climate Legacy Gets its Day in Court

September 28, 2016 This Tuesday, a major chunk of President Obama’s legacy will face microscopic scrutiny when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit hears legal arguments regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Clean Power Plan” (CPP). The legal issues before the court are dauntingly complex, but the decisive issue before the […]

Judges Must Understand: Climate Rules Are Irrational

Via The Daily Caller: On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments in the litigation over President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan (CPP). If implemented, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation will require states to develop and bring into force plans to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions […]

It’s Judgment Day for the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, America

Via FOX News: On Tuesday, September 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments over EPA’s massive Clean Power Plan. The hearing will be unusual for several reasons–it will be a rare initial en banchearing, meaning it will take place before nine judges instead of the typical three-judge […]

Hot Air: the Overblown Benefits and Hidden Costs of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via The Hill: On Tuesday, the DC Court of Appeals will hear an appeal by 24 states on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, whose implementation the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily halted last February. Among the states’ many complaints is that implementing the plan would impose significant economic burdens while providing no tangible benefits. The EPA […]

NMA Remarks on the Clean Power Plan’s Day in the D.C. Circuit

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn remarked on today’s arguments before the D.C. Circuit Court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan:  “Few regulatory issues before the D.C. Circuit carry such far-reaching economic consequences as the Clean Power Plan that was forcefully challenged today by 28 states and a variety […]