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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 […]

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Cato Institute did the math on the number EPA left out. Effect on global temperatures of costly new power plant regulations? Almost nothing. Read More (PDF)