Coal in the News

29Jul

Proposed EPA Rules Threaten Pennsylvania Manufacturing (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

They would stifle the coal and gas industries and stall the economic recovery By JAY TIMMONS The Keystone State is at the center of events that will impact our country’s future. Pennsylvania is producing a diverse energy mix, including shale gas and coal, that is driving a manufacturing comeback in the commonwealth and across the […]
29Jul

Average Price of Electricity Climbs to All-Time Record (CNS News)

For the first time ever, the average price for a kilowatthour (KWH) of electricity in the United States has broken through the 14-cent mark, climbing to a record 14.3 cents in June, according to data released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Before this June, the highest the average price for a KWH […]
29Jul

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 […]
28Jul

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 […]
28Jul

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 […]
26Jul

High utility bills: the ‘new normal’? (St. Joseph News-Press)

When household utility bills soared this past winter, frustrated consumers were quick to blame the usual suspect — the weather. Specifically, it was a polar vortex that stressed the power grid during weeks of frigid Arctic air. Not only did electricity prices go through the roof (more than 10 times last year’s average in many […]
26Jul

Colorado Energy Costs to Rise from Power Plant Regulations (Denver Post)

EPA’s rule on carbon emissions will hurt Colorado By Stuart Sanderson Guest Commentary This week, the Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public hearing in Denver regarding its proposed rule for carbon emissions from existing power plants. Even President Obama has acknowledged that the rule will drive up the cost of electricity and your utility […]
25Jul

Indiana State Representative Opposes EPA Regulations (Warrick Publishing)

Standing up for Hoosiers By Ron Bacon – State Representative This will not be the first time you hear me talk about coal, nor will it be the last. I have spoken in the past about what I feel are destructive regulations passed on Indiana by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); regulations that are made […]
23Jul

U.S. Senator David Vitter Statement on Power Plant Regulation Proposal

Vitter Summary Statement for Oversight Hearing of EPA’s Proposed Carbon Rule U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works “Oversight Hearing: EPA’s Proposed Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants” Thank you, Chairman Boxer, for convening today’s hearing. I look forward to hearing from Administrator McCarthy, as all we have heard since EPA proposed this […]
22Jul

NMA Urges Withdrawal of Flawed Power Plant Regulations (National Mining Association)

NMA’s Quinn Calls on EPA to Withdraw Flawed Climate Rule National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn joined leaders of a broad industry coalition this morning to call on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw and rework the flawed rule it proposed for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. In […]