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Former Obama DOE Official Set to Critique ‘Stupid Regulations’

Via E&E Publishing:  A former Obama administration official plans this week to tell lawmakers that the Clean Power Plan is “ideological mumbo jumbo” and that the government would be better off investing more money into clean energy and fossil fuel technologies. Charles McConnell, who was responsible for the Department of Energy’s fossil fuels program, will […]

Program That Leases Coal Should Continue

Via The Knoxville News-Sentinel: Some Americans may not realize it, but coal still provides roughly 35 percent of all the electricity generated in the United States — the largest share of electricity from any one energy source. States that rely on coal as their primary source of power enjoy the lowest electricity costs nationwide. Partly […]

The Climate-Change Gang

Via The National Review:  The United States was born out of a revolution against, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, an “arbitrary government” that put men on trial “for pretended offences” and “abolish[ed] the Free System of English laws.” Brave men and women stood up to that oppressive government, and this, the greatest […]

Miners Fear Federal Coal Reforms Jeopardize Rural Utah

Via The Salt Lake Tribune: But coal’s critics say you don’t have to look far to detect problems. Audits have discovered coal companies pay below-market rates to lease coal reserves, underpay royalties and are not always adequately bonded. And now companies are falling into bankruptcy in the face of a collapsing coal demand, raising the […]

Hundreds of Utah Coal Miners Speak Out on Proposed Federal Reforms

Via The Desert News: SALT LAKE CITY — Frustrated coal miners, coal company executives and truckers who haul coal swamped a daylong public meeting Thursday on proposed reforms to the federal coal lease program, urging a three-year moratorium on new coal leases be overturned and reform efforts dropped. “Growing up, I never thought the biggest […]

Ohio Rejects EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via The Daily Caller:  The Ohio House of Representatives passed legislation Wednesday effectively nullifying the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan in the state. The legislation, called House Resolution 29, passed 71 to 22. It would effectively nullify the Clean Power Plan in Ohio by prohibiting state enforcement or cooperation with the EPA formally opposing the plan. If […]

Labor’s Liberals Vs. Steyer’s Progressives

May 19, 2016 As greens demanded the administration keep federal coal in the ground this week, the biggest difference between yesterday’s “liberals” and today’s “progressives” was on buck-naked display. In a sulfurous letter to AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka, Laborers International Union President Terry O’Sullivan denounced Trumka’s decision to accept Tom Steyer’s green super PAC money. […]

Coal War Intensifies with Obama Review

Via The Hill:  Miners and Western Republicans are lining up against the Obama administration and environmentalists in what some consider the next front in the “war on coal.” Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced a three-year moratorium on new coal leases on public lands in January, launching a review that could potentially result in mining companies […]

Showdown Over Federal Coal Leasing Reform at Hearing

Via The Gillette News Record: CASPER — Emotions are running high in a showdown in Casper between environmentalists and the mining industry over possibly increasing federal fees to mine coal. A federal coal-lease moratorium has added uncertainty to an industry struggling with bankruptcies, layoffs and mine closures. Any changes will have a big effect on […]