Coal in the News

26Sep

Energy Market Demands Diverse Sources

Via The Standard Speaker: Editor, Your article on Aug. 11, 2015, made some very good points as to how taxes and regulations can lead to major problems in the cost and efficiency in the PJM Interconnection system. The PJM system was developed by electric utilities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and other states with good […]
25Sep

Technology – Not Caps – is the Answer for Clean, Affordable Energy

Via The Hill: There is much talk about where America should get its power following the administration’s stunning attempt to rewrite the playbook for our U.S. energy supply. The new carbon plan favors a switch to the most expensive forms of energy. It puts at risk the best, most reliable power system in the world. […]
25Sep

EPA Air Rule Would Harm Colstrip and Montana

Via The Great Falls Tribune: Remember when our country had an “all of the above” energy policy?  Man, how times change in a hurry.  The outright war on coal being waged by Obama administration and the radical EPA has taken our country from a trend of energy independence to one where many experts worry we […]
24Sep

Abolishing Affordable Energy Will Not Help the Poor

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. coal industry is mindful of its responsibilities as stewards of the Earth as well as its role in providing people and industries with essential energy. The impressive reductions in power plant emissions, the dramatic improvements in mine safety and the extensive reclamation of land following mining operations all testify to […]
23Sep

Missouri Families Can’t Afford to Lose Affordable Power

Via The Marshfield Mail:  Right now, many American families are struggling financially. And as I look around at these families in need, I wonder how many of them are prepared to pay more for their electricity now that the Environmental Protection Agency is implementing a “Clean Power Plan” to reduce carbon dioxide “pollution.” At a […]
23Sep

Texas Business Groups Blast ‘Avalanche’ of EPA Proposals

Via WOAI News Radio:  Texas business groups are warning today about what they call an ‘avalanche’ of proposed new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency which has the potential to cripple the state’s economy, erode the personal savings of residents, and damage thousands of businesses, without having any measurable impact on improving the environment or […]
21Sep

How Ohio Can Fight the EPA’s High-cost Clean Power Plan

Via Cleveland.com: Recently, President Barack Obama laid out the final version of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan — and it’s tougher on coal-dependent states than originally anticipated. Both the EPA and the Obama administration have been in full public-relations mode lately, and both have completely ignored the very real costs to local economies and vulnerable […]
20Sep

Workers Stand with Bullock Against EPA Clean Power Plan

Via The Independent Record: The Clean Power Plan, as proposed by the EPA, calls for a crippling reduction of productivity from Montana’s economy. It’s an outrageous plan, and everyone in Montana should join union workers, local electric co-ops, industry and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock in opposing it. The EPA sees no middle ground in their […]
18Sep

Coal Supporters Turn Out in Large Numbers Against Stream Protection Rule

Via The West Virginia MetroNews: Many supporters of coal were on hand for the last in a series of six public hearings held by the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) on the the Stream Protection Rule proposed in July Thursday night at Charleston Civic Center. The rule, also referred to as the […]
17Sep

The Office of Surface Mining’s Dog-and-Pony Show

Via West Virginia MetroNews:  Hoppy’s Commentary The U.S. Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining is holding a public hearing later today at the Charleston Civic Center on the agency’s new Stream Protection Rule for mining operations.  We will give OSM credit for at least showing up in West Virginia. When the EPA scheduled public hearings […]