Coal in the News

17Nov

Jobs and Energy at Stake with CO2 Rules

President Obama’s CO2 rules for new and existing power plants are potentially unlawful and will be harmful to the economy. The CO2 rules are another EPA power grab that will devastate America’s energy economy with negligible environmental benefit. The Senate will vote on bipartisan resolutions of disapproval filed by Senators McConnell and Capito to block […]
17Nov

Clean Power Plan Will Add $214 Billion to Wholesale Electricity Prices

Washington, D.C. – Refuting the Obama administration’s claim that its Clean Power Plan will be virtually cost free, a new analysis of the regulation shows the president’s policy for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s power sector will raise electricity costs significantly for families and businesses throughout the nation. The analysis, by Energy Ventures Analysis […]
17Nov

Senate Considers Measures to Block Obama Administration’s Anti-Coal Regulations

‘The Obama Administration is trying to impose deeply regressive energy regulations that would eliminate good-paying jobs, punish the poor, and make it even harder for Kentuckians to put food on the table.’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding two resolutions of disapproval under […]
17Nov

President’s Costly Power Plan is a Stealth Energy Tax for Colorado

Via The Gazette:  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is coming to Denver this week to drum up state support for a federal effort to implement the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan. Announced by the White House with great fanfare this past summer, it is the president’s response to climate change. For Colorado, it will be […]
16Nov

Fighting Back Against Obama’s Attacks on Coal

Via The Williamson Daily News: When then-Senator Barack Obama was running for president in 2008, he told The San Francisco Chronicle that, if elected, he would use the power of the presidency to “bankrupt” the coal industry. Since 2008, President Obama has attempted to satisfy this pledge by taking numerous illegal actions to attack coal […]
15Nov

Local Businesses to Voice Support for Coal

Via The Bismarck Tribune:  Though not in the heart of Coal Country, Bismarck-Mandan is affected by the coal industry and the local business community will voice its support. The North Dakota Department of Health will host the third in a series of meetings in Bismarck on Monday, garnering public input on a state plan to meet […]
13Nov

EPA’s Clean Power Plan Oversteps Federal Authority

Via The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The quest for cleaner energy is one of the great challenges of the 21st century, and has fueled many “green” initiatives in recent years. But something troubling is coming down the pike now that the Obama administration has announced its new Clean Power Plan. In a full-speed-ahead quest to lower […]
11Nov

Manchin Blasts Clean Power Plant Rules in Letter to EPA

Via The Register-Herald: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., sent a strongly-worded letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) blasting the agency for establishing the Clean Power Plan standards for new coal-fired power plants. In the letter sent to Administrator Gina McCarthy, the senator contends the standards are based on a presently failing Canadian carbon, capture and sequestration (CCS) […]
11Nov

Louisiana Leaders Should All Fight Obama’s Carbon Rule

Via The Times-Picayune: Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published its final “Clean Power Plan” regulating carbon dioxide emissions. Now 26 states, including Louisiana and its Department of Environmental Quality, have filed suit against EPA, contending that the federal government is infringing on the states’ right to control our own energy choices. Louisiana’s autonomy in […]
10Nov

Power Plant Rule Ignores Constitution, Threatens Indiana’s Economy

Via The Chicago Tribune: A significant effort is under way to fundamentally change the rules governing power plants in the United States, and the effort was done without any congressional involvement. In fact, bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate oppose the plan. In contrast to the will of our elected officials in Congress, […]