Coal in the News

03Nov

Whitfield Advances Two Resolutions to Keep Electricity Affordable and Reliable

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01), today passed two resolutions, H.J. Res 71 and H.J. Res 72, disapproving of two final rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for new and existing power plants. The resolutions would provide for Congressional disapproval of each rule, and that […]
02Nov

Stand Up to Obama Carbon Rule

Via The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: On Oct. 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published its final carbon dioxide regulation, the so-called Clean Power Plan or carbon rule. This set off a wave of legal challenges, with more than half of the states, including Wisconsin, suing to block the regulation. As we highlighted in a previous […]
02Nov

Week Ahead: Lawmakers Move to Block EPA Rules

Via The Hill:  Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are taking direct aim at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), holding votes to overturn some of the most controversial regulations from the Obama administration. The Senate Tuesday is scheduled to begin floor debate on a bill to overturn the Waters of the United States rule, which […]
01Nov

A Rule Looking for a Purpose

Via The Daily Sentinel: By Brent Wahlquist The Obama administration smells blood in the water. Its assault on the production and use of coal in the United States has been relentless and is showing no signs of letting up despite the fact that coal production has already dropped by well over 15% since the administration […]
30Oct

The EPA Deserves a Stay

Via The Wall Street Journal: President Obama’s palace revolution on climate won’t come off peaceably after all, as 26 states and dozens of business groups this week filed suits against his takeover of the carbon economy. For all Mr. Obama’s eco-abuses, the legal reckoning now at hand is the most important. On Aug. 3 the […]
28Oct

Make No Mistake: The Age of Coal Marches On

Via Real Clear Energy: In the wake of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final carbon rule, aka the so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP), there is much ado about where we will get our future energy and what happens to coal. Besides significantly raising energy prices for hard working Americans, the carbon rule will have virtually […]
28Oct

EPA’s Clean Power Plan Oversteps Federal Authority

Via The Floyd County Times: 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” (CPP). In a full-speed-ahead quest to […]
27Oct

Higher Job Losses Due To Overreaching Regulation

New Federal Stream Protection Rule Will Cost Jobs and Coal Communities Nationwide, Warns National Mining Association WASHINGTON D.C. – A new Obama administration regulation—the so-called Stream Protection Rule—is about to drive up energy costs and unemployment with no gain in environmental benefits, cautions the National Mining Association. “The primary motive of this regulation is not […]
27Oct

Clean Power Plan: Legal Challenge From States a Necessity

Via The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: We are pleased to see that West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is once again leading a coalition of 23 states in a lawsuit seeking to strike down the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s crippling Clean Power Plan. In the petition for review and stay motions, which were filed Friday in […]
27Oct

NMA’s Quinn Slams OSM’s “Rule in Search of a Purpose”

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn today told a Senate oversight hearing that the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement’s (OSM) so-called Stream Protection Rule is more about protecting the jobs of regulators than protecting the environment: “The SPR is a massive rule in search of a purpose. OSM’s own reports […]