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Court Rules Against EPA in Case Over Coal Job Losses

Via The Hill: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has not properly estimated the potential job losses in the coal and other industries affected by its regulations, a federal judge ruled Monday. Judge John Preston Bailey of the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ruled in favor of coal mining company Murray Energy […]

NMA Hails Court Decision in Murray Energy Corp. v. McCarthy

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Mining Association (NMA) hailed a federal court decision in Murray Energy Corp. v. McCarthy ordering the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to submit a plan for conducting the evaluations of job losses related to the agency’s regulations. NMA filed a brief with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce supporting Murray Energy’s claims that section […]

Letter: EPA is Hindering Cleaner Coal

Via The Courier & Press: The editorial titled No Such Thing as Clean Coal (Oct. 13) paints a doomsday outlook for coal as an energy source and for human health. However, technology has significantly reduced emissions from coal-fired power plants – up to 90 percent in the past few decades. Other technologies can further reductions […]

First Shots Fired Over EPA’s New Plant Rule

Via Politico: CHALLENGERS OPEN FIRE ON EPA NEW PLANT CARBON RULE: The states and companies challenging EPA’s 111(b) regulation opened fire last night on the rule, which sets carbon dioxide limits for new coal and gas power plants. The new plant rule was finalized in August 2015 at the same time as the Clean Power […]

CAP Report on Coal Leasing Recycles Garbage

October 12, 2016 With its most recent screed against the federal coal leasing program, the Center for American Progress (CAP) continues to squander what little remains of its reputation for objective, credible policy analysis. Instead, this report recycles politically contrived conclusions based on a deeply flawed understanding of a program that in the past decade […]

A Costly Power Plan Has Its Day in Court

Via Morning Consult: Last month, a federal appeals court heard arguments regarding President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. At issue is whether the CPP represents a lawful effort to rein in carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power sector. While the Environmental Protection Agency has proudly touted this plan to tackle “carbon pollution,” a closer look […]

Clean Power Plan Puts States’ Rights on Trial

Via Newsmax: A pending District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling will determine within the next several months whether the Obama administration’s latest and arguably most dangerous federal government usurpation of state regulatory authority under the Constitution will succeed. On Sept. 27, ten judges heard oral arguments in a consolidated case known as West Virginia, […]

SAD TESTIMONY: I’m A Coal Miner, And The EPA Killed My Job

Via The Daily Caller: A little more than a year ago, Bo Copley lost his job working as a maintenance planner for a West Virginia coal company. The reason: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, he told federal lawmakers. “Just slightly over 1 year ago, I was notified that my services were no longer required, due […]

Guest Opinion: Court Should Limit EPA’s Power

Via The Billings Gazette: Last week, an appeals court in Washington, D.C., heard a case that will determine whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the power to require states to restructure the electric grid. At issue is the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, which would expand the power of the federal government immensely, cost thousands of […]

Fate of Clean Power Plan Likely Rests with Supreme Court

Via Electric Light & Power: A panel of legal experts told a Bipartisan Policy Center forum Oct. 4 in Washington, D.C., that whatever happens with the D.C. Circuit they expect the legal dispute over the Environmental Protection Agency Clean Power Plan will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The legal experts, split evenly […]