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EPA is on a ‘Constitutionally Reckless Mission,’ Obama’s Law Professor Testifies

Via The Hill:  The law professor, who taught President Obama says the Environmental Protection Agency lacks the statutory and constitutional authority to force states to implement plans to cut carbon emissions at existing power plants. “In my considered view, EPA is off on a constitutionally reckless mission,” Laurence Tribe, a professor at Harvard Law School, […]

It’s Not Time Yet to Scuttle Coal-fired Power

Via the Great Falls Tribune: Coal was cheap and plentiful in the United States in the 20th century, becoming a veritable King Coal for generating electricity. In the 21st century, natural gas and nuclear power (absent a meltdown) are cleaner options, and so are solar and wind, although they are erratic sources of power and […]

Charles Steele Jr.: Let’s Tell the EPA: First, Do No Harm

Via The Kokomo Tribune: You’ve probably heard the familiar oath: “First, do no harm.” It’s the pledge doctors are obliged to follow when treating an illness or injury. Our government in Washington should heed the same advice: Don’t treat one problem by creating another, more serious one. That caution comes to mind as I’ve considered […]

Clean Power Plan Bills Generate Debate Across the Southeast, Midwest

Via E&E Publishing: Jeffrey Tomich and Kristi E. Swartz As U.S. EPA continues to work on a final version of the Clean Power Plan for release later this summer, conservative lawmakers in more than a dozen states are trying to ensure they get the final say on how their state responds to it, citing concerns […]

States Fling Criticism at EPA’s Power Plant Rules

Via The Washington Examiner: BY JOHN SICILIANO  States heaped criticism on the Obama administration’s proposed climate rules Wednesday, saying its power plant regulations would harm their economies and damage electricity reliability. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, parsed therules as tearing at the fabric of “federalism” and harming state […]

Indiana Could Refuse to Comply with EPA Emissions Rule

Via The Indianapolis Star: WASHINGTON – Indiana may refuse to comply with a pending federal rule to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, the head of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management said Wednesday. IDEM Commissioner Thomas Easterly testified at a Senate hearing about the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule, which would require Indiana to […]

Biden On Coal Regulations: ‘A Lot Of People Are Going To Get Hurt’

Via the Daily Caller: Vice President Joe Biden told HBO viewers that federal regulations to move the U.S. away from coal-fired power will hurt a lot of Americans. “Us moving away from coal because it’s such a polluter, there’s a lot of people going to get hurt, good people who worked their whole life,” Biden told […]

States Should Reject EPA’s Power Plant Rule

EPA’s proposed power plant rule offers states fake “flexibility” to choose which carbon-reduction measures to implement. For EPA, “flexibility” means allowing states to choose the method of their own economic wounding – and allowing EPA to shift the blame for the rule’s disastrous consequences. States should avoid this trap by refusing to be complicit in […]

State lawmakers push back against EPA’s Clean Power Plan in Fla., Minn.

Via E&E Publishing: Scott Detrow A growing number of state legislatures are trying to insert themselves into the debate over crafting plans to comply with U.S. EPA’s unprecedented effort to lower the carbon footprints of state power sectors. Pennsylvania and West Virginia have already enacted laws giving their legislative chambers veto power over the proposals […]

Barrasso Joins Push Calling on States to ‘Just Say No’ to Power Rule

Via E&E Publishing: Jean Chemnick, E&E reporter Senate Republican Policy Chairman John Barrasso last night became the latest GOP senator to call on states to boycott implementation of U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan, arguing in an email memo that doing so would undermine the controversial rule. The Wyoming Republican echoed the theme of Senate Majority […]