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An Energy Plank for Costlier Electricity

June 26, 2016 The initial meeting of the Democratic Platform Committee last week proposed a little noticed shift in the party’s energy policy – one that carries high risks and costs to match for the U.S. economy.  If this proposal stands, it would, for the first time, reject the “all of the above” energy approach […]

Street: Clean Power Plan Hurts Virginia

Via The Roanoke Times: It’s not every day that the U.S. Supreme Court protects states from complying with a costly federal regulation. Rarer still is a state that refuses to take advantage of this ruling. In February, the high court took the unusual step of halting President Obama’s “Clean Power Plan” , believing that states […]

Editorial: Consumers Should Be Skeptical of EPA’s Pitch for ‘Clean Power’

Via The Lima News: Almost daily come reports that this could be the hottest year on record. All the more reason for President Barack Obama to beat the drum for climate change mitigation strategies. Prime among them is the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, announced last year as the heat of August enveloped the […]

Crippling Coal Will Cost U.S.

Via The Pittsburgh Tribune:  Much has been written to bury America’s coal industry. The overriding presumption is that coal no longer is needed, soon to be replaced by breakthroughs in renewable power. And although coal still provides 35 percent of total U.S. power generation, President Obama is pushing headlong with a fistful of policies to […]

Guest Opinion: Daines Right to Fight Interior for Montana Coal

Via The Billings Gazette:  The Department of Interior has placed a sweeping moratorium on new federal coal leases in the United States. The stated objective of the moratorium is to pause the leasing in order to conduct a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement of this program. But there are strong suggestions that the true aim of […]

Ending Federal Coal Would Hurt Main Street America

Via The Daily Sentinel: Much has been written of late to bury America’s coal industry. The overriding presumption is that coal is no longer needed, soon to be replaced by breakthroughs in renewable power. And although coal still provides 35 percent of total U.S. power generation, President Obama is now pushing headlong with a fistful […]

The EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Missing Benefits, Hidden Costs

Via The West Virginia MetroNews: The Environmental Protection Agency’s sweeping Clean Power Plan, which is supposed to save the planet by putting the coal industry out of business, is currently on hold.  The U.S. Supreme Court made the unusual move earlier this year of issuing a “stay” on implementation while West Virginia and two dozen […]

Lawmaker Forces EPA Chief To Watch Video Of Unemployed Coal Miners

Via The Daily Caller:  Rep. Gary Palmer took time in a congressional hearing to respond to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy’s claim there is no evidence EPA regulations are killing jobs. The Alabama Republican showed McCarthy, and everyone else at the hearing, a video featuring coal miners who had lost their jobs, as the […]

Montana Residents Address Coal Concerns for National Record

Via KPAX 8: The value of coal to the state of Montana once again front and center Tuesday as residents raise concerns on both sides of the issue. Back in January, the Obama administration ordered a moratorium on new coal leases on federal lands. But when it came to hearing from Montanans on the proposed moratorium, […]