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EPA Emissions Plan Draws Protest in Pittsburgh (Wall Street Journal)

Several thousand unionized coal miners, electrical workers and others filled Pittsburgh’s downtown on Thursday to protest the Obama administration’s proposed rule to curb carbon emissions from the nation’s power plants, ahead of two days of hearings on the issue in the city. But in an indication of how the issue has divided the labor movement, […]

EPA Rule Puts U.S. Economy, Electric Grid at Risk (Politico)

By Hal Quinn, President & CEO, National Mining Association The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to establish carbon dioxide performance standards for existing power plants is a stunning attempt to remake the nation’s entire electric grid at great cost to homes and businesses across the nation. It also threatens the reliability of our electric grid, […]

Proposed EPA Rules Threaten Pennsylvania Manufacturing (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

They would stifle the coal and gas industries and stall the economic recovery By JAY TIMMONS The Keystone State is at the center of events that will impact our country’s future. Pennsylvania is producing a diverse energy mix, including shale gas and coal, that is driving a manufacturing comeback in the commonwealth and across the […]

Average Price of Electricity Climbs to All-Time Record (CNS News)

For the first time ever, the average price for a kilowatthour (KWH) of electricity in the United States has broken through the 14-cent mark, climbing to a record 14.3 cents in June, according to data released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Before this June, the highest the average price for a KWH […]

Denver EPA Hearing Fires Debate Over Costs of Cutting Carbon — or Not (Denver Post)

The federal proposal to cut coal-fired power-plant carbon emissions will affect the nation’s economy — and witnesses at a Denver hearing Tuesday sparred over just what it will mean. “(The Environmental Protection Agency) is trying to shut down the coal industry without regard,” said Greg Schaefer, a spokesman for Arch Coal Inc., which employs about […]

New Obama EPA Rules Will Devastate Seniors: reader opinion (AL.com)

By Jim Martin This week, the Environmental Protection Agency will hold regional field hearings on Obama’s proposed carbon rules. While a number of Alabamians will be traveling with 60 Plus Alabama to the hearings to speak out against the proposed rules, everyone in Alabama should take these matters seriously. If Obama and the EPA get […]

Industry Lobbyist to EPA: Pull the Proposed Clean Power Rule (West Virginia MetroNews)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The president and chief executive officer of the National Mining Association is part of the chorus calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the proposed Clean Power Act — the regulations designed to reduce carbon emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. “They’re trying to change the way we generate electricity here […]