Coal in the News

28Jun

A Worthy But Uphill Fight Against the EPA

Via The News-Sentinel:  One more area in which the federal government has gotten too powerful. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has written a letter to President Obama telling him Indiana won’t comply with pending federal rules restricting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants unless major revisions are made. Environmentalists say this snubbing of the Environmental Protection […]
26Jun

Coal Industry Urges White House to Change Rules for New Power Plants

Via The Washington Examiner: The coal industry is pressing the White House to hit the reset button on strict new power plant regulations that critics argue would ban the construction of new coal plants. The National Mining Association, representing the coal industry, met with White House officials last week to discuss an industry proposal to […]
26Jun

Editorial: Legislators Push Back Against EPA Power Grab

Via The Charleston Daily Mail: As the Environmental Protection Agency continues to exert regulatory pressure on West Virginia and other coal-producing states, elected officials here and elsewhere are putting some pressure of their own on the EPA. The EPA’s Clean Power Plan, requiring states to cut emissions by 30 percent before 2030, is expected to […]
25Jun

Indiana Will Buck Obama’s EPA Climate Plan

Via The National Journal: Indiana Governor Mike Pence says his state won’t comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s effort to curb carbon dioxide from power plants—unless the administration dramatically overhauls its regulation. Mike Pence sent a letter to the president Obama on Wednesday with that warning, saying that unless proposed EPA regulations for power plants are significantly […]
25Jun

Standing Up Against EPA Overreach Benefits All Americans

Via The Hill: As the Environmental Protection Agency plunges headlong into remaking the very fabric of American electricity generation, it is reassuring to know voices of reason continue to challenge the agency’s reckless plans. Later this summer, the EPA is expected to issue its final rule for regulating carbon emissions from power plants. The EPA’s […]
24Jun

Indiana Says It Won’t Follow EPA Climate Rule Without Changes

Via The Hill: Indiana is prepared to ignore the Obama administration’s climate rule for power plants unless the regulation is changed considerably from last year’s proposal, according to the state’s governor. In a letter sent Wednesday to President Obama, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) used some of the strongest words yet from a governor on the regulation, […]
24Jun

Pence: EPA Emissions Rules Need Changes or Indiana Won’t Comply

Via IndyStar.com: WASHINGTON – Indiana will refuse to comply with pending rules restricting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants without major changes, Gov. Mike Pence wrote in a letter Wednesday to President Barack Obama. “If your administration proceeds to finalize the Clean Power Plan, and the final rule has not demonstrably and significantly improved from […]
24Jun

Governor Pence Rejects Overreaching EPA Regulations

Indianapolis – Governor Pence sent a letter today to President Obama informing him that unless the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan is demonstrably and significantly improved before being finalized Indiana will not comply. The Governor’s letter in full can be found attached. “As I wrote to Administrator McCarthy on December 1, 2014, […]
23Jun

All-of-the-Above Means Coal Too

Via The East Tenn Business Journal:  Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to join my friend and colleague, Southwest Virginia Rep. Morgan Griffith, at the Virginia Coal and Energy Alliance’s annual meeting in Kingsport. Coal is an important source of domestic energy.  Did you know that coal provides nearly 40 percent of America’s electricity and […]