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West Virginia Lawmakers Press Governor to Not Submit Plan for EPA Climate Rule

Via Politico: West Virginia’s House delegation today is calling on Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to heed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “just say no” campaign against the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. “As you consider West Virginia’s response we urge you to consider NOT submitting a state implementation plan due to concerns over EPA’s legal justification […]

UMWA President: Coal’s Largest Union to Sue EPA Over CO2 Emission Rules

Via SNL: The United Mine Workers of America will join many in the coal industry fighting the U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Planand New Source Performance Standards in federal court. At a June 3 gathering of UMWA workers, President Cecil Roberts noted the union’s long past of fighting for coal miners’ rights — from health care benefits to the […]

EPA Climate Plan Sent to White House for Review

Via The National Journal:  The Obama administration has teed up a busy summer on climate change, with the final review of its tentpole climate rule swinging into action. The Environmental Protection Agency sent its rules on carbon emissions for existing power plants to the White House Office of Management and Budget for a final review, […]

FERC Commissioner Says EPA Carbon Rule May Usurp State Powers

Via E&E Publishing: PHOENIX — States complying with U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan run the risk of ceding jurisdiction over energy policy decisions to the federal government, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member Tony Clark. Clark, a Republican and former North Dakota electric regulator, told state regulators at a meeting of the Western Conference […]

Walker: EPA Carbon Rule ‘Unworkable’ for Wisconsin

Via The Hill: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) told President Obama that his landmark carbon rule for power plants is “unworkable” for the Badger State. Walker, who is expected to announce a run for president next month, stopped short of saying that Wisconsin would not comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) climate change regulation. […]

In Depth: EPA Forcing Policy in Regulatory Guise

Via TribLive: Pennsylvania’s utilities, coal companies, their employees and ratepayers are bracing for the publication of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule on greenhouse-gas emissions set for this summer. On behalf of my 120 employees and their families, I am hopeful that the EPA will consider the 1.6 million comments submitted during the open […]

Wisconsin Governor: Obama Power Plant Rule ‘Unworkable’

Via The Associated Press/Yahoo News: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican eyeing a presidential run in 2016, says President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce pollution from coal-fired power plants is “unworkable.” Wisconsin will not comply with the president’s plan without “significant and meaningful changes,” Walker said. Obama’s proposal is aimed at curbing the pollution blamed […]

Let States Opt-out of the EPA’s Clean Air Rule

Via The Patriot-News: By John M. Stilley Pennsylvania’s utilities, coal companies, employees and ratepayers are bracing for the publication of EPA’s final rule on greenhouse gas emissions set for this summer. On behalf of my 120 employees and their families, I am hopeful that the EPA will consider the 1.6 million comments submitted during the […]

Proposed Law Protects State from Threat of Clean Power Plan

Via The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: If it becomes the law of the land, the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan will drive up the price of electricity in Missouri and lead to the destruction of good-paying jobs in energy-intensive industries like manufacturing. More than that, it would radically reshape the relationship between federal and […]

Study: EPA Plan Will Further Hurt Coal

Via The Lexington Herald-Leader: WASHINGTON — A new government analysis of President Barack Obama’s signature effort to fight climate change affirms what critics suspected: the proposal could further weaken an already battered coal industry. Electricity generation from the carbon-intensive fossil fuel would fall by 90 gigawatts, more than twice the decline government analysts had predicted […]