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New EPA Clean-air Rules Threaten Rural Power CAo-ops

Via AZCentral.com: By this fall, the federal Environmental Protection Agency is expected to march the nation’s energy consumers into new territory on the frontier of controlling carbon emissions. Representatives of the big power companies are flooding Washington, D.C., in a desperate effort to mitigate the impact of the EPA’s venture, known as the Clean Power […]

Martin: EPA Plan Would Devastate Wyoming’s Economy

Via The Casper Star-Tribune: Each year, Wyoming’s coal industry delivers more than $1.1 billion into the state’s coffers. That critical funding helps pay for everything from roads to schools. But the state’s economic health could be in peril if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gets its way. The EPA, under the guise of cleaner air, […]

Colorado Should Fight EPA’s Carbon Emissions Power Grab

Via Complete Colorado: When the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Mercury and Air Toxics Standards recently, it set a clear precedent that costs matter and that the EPA does not have a blank check on the wallets of energy consumers. The EPA’s claim that the $10 billion pricetag was “irrelevant” failed […]

Gov: Mississippi Might Not Comply with Climate Rule

Via The Hill:  Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) has told the Environmental Protection Agency his state might not comply with a forthcoming Obama administration rule on carbon emissions from power plants. “We do not see how it will be possible to reasonably develop a State Implementation Plan [SIP] given the burdensome requirements of EPA’s proposal […]

”Just Say No to EPA”

Via The Logan Banner: SAVANNAH, Ga. – Del. Rupert “Rupie” Phillips, D-Logan authored a resolution adopted by the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) calling for member states to take action against the Environmental Protection Administration’s Clean Power Plan. The resolution was adopted on July 19 by the energy and environment committee at the four-day annual meeting […]

Kentucky Wins a Battle, But War on Coal Ongoing

Via The Courier-Journal: Kentucky has won a battle in the War on Coal. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court decision said the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act when it issued burdensome new regulations on power plant emissions. The justices held that EPA was required by law to take the costs of their […]

Southern States Rally for ‘Line in the Sand’ on EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via E&E Publishing: SAVANNAH, Ga. — Momentum is building across the Southeast toward a “just say no” campaign for U.S. EPA’s final Clean Power Plan rule, expected to be released within weeks. A panel of lawmakers at the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) yesterday passed a resolution urging state attorneys general to sue EPA over the […]

Stop the EPA’s Carbon Power Grab, Colorado

Via The Denver Post: The ruling is not likely to deter the EPA from finalizing its even more costly regulations on carbon emissions from coal plants this summer. Thus, states must be ready to ask the courts to block the implementation of a regulatory scheme that, according to independent economic consultants, will cost energy consumers […]

Power Plant Cuts ‘Too Much Too Soon,’ Utilities Tell White House

Via The Washington Examiner:  Coal utilities are urging the White House in an eleventh-hour plea to push back the Obama administration’s timeline for cutting carbon emissions at existing power plants, saying the aggressive deadlines pose a threat to electric reliability. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed plan simply does not give enough time to build the […]

Pence Encourages States to Fight Greenhouse Gas Rules

Via The Indianapolis Star: The rules, which are expected to be finalized this summer, are the cornerstone of the administration’s plan to curb climate change. If states refuse to comply, the EPA has said, it will impose its own plan. But that would delay implementation, even without the legal challenge Pence says he’s committed to […]