Coal in the News

01Feb

Winning the Fight on Stream Protection

Via The Morning Consult: For close to a decade, Republicans have been leading the charge against the regulatory onslaught on coal communities. But now, with an ally in the White House, we can finally begin to roll back some of the punishing regulations of the last eight years. This starts with repealing the Office of […]
31Jan

GOP Moves To Undo President Obama’s EPA Coal Stream Rule

Via The Wheeling Intelligencer:  Congressional Republicans are moving swiftly to repeal Obama administration regulations aimed at better protecting streams from coal mining debris. Coal country lawmakers unveiled legislation Monday to block the rules, which they say would kill jobs in the coal industry, which is reeling from competition from cleaner-burning natural gas. The legislation unveiled […]
31Jan

McConnell Pushes for Action on ‘Harmful’ Coal-Mining Rule

Via The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) pledged Monday to undo a coal-mining rule issued in the closing days of the Obama administration. McConnell introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution blocking the Interior Department’s Stream Protection Rule, days before the House is set to vote on a similar measure. In a floor […]
30Jan

Coal to the Rescue

Via The Washington Examiner: A fundamental shift in how America generates electricity is raising serious doubts about its ability to keep the lights on. Switching from coal to more natural gas and renewables is straining the country’s power grid. The biggest change in the past two years is what the utility industry calls the big […]
30Jan

Policies Aim at Increasing Economy, Energy Independence

Via The Times Record News: Anyone who had a connection to the oil and gas industry felt the power of federal bureaucracy during the eight years President Barack Obama governed the nation from the White House. The industry, however, did not know magnitude of all of the new federal regulations until last week when House […]
28Jan

Killing Obama’s Last-Minute Coal Regulation

Via LifeZette: As congressional Republicans headed to Philadelphia earlier this week to set goals for the new year, President Trump announced one of his own: erasing 75 percent of government regulations affecting businesses. This is either hyperbole, intended to grab attention, or it’s aspirational — anticipation that the new administration can achieve a lot in four […]
27Jan

A GOP Regulatory Game Changer

Via The Wall Street Journal:  Todd Gaziano on Wednesday stepped into a meeting of free-market attorneys, think tankers and Republican congressional staff to unveil a big idea. By the time he stepped out, he had reset Washington’s regulatory battle lines. These days Mr. Gaziano is a senior fellow in constitutional law at the Pacific Legal […]
25Jan

Healy: Coal Should Be Part of our Energy Future

Via The Journal Sentinel: The United States has been a global economic leader since the end of World War II. Our skills, innovation and research and development capabilities have kept America at the forefront of new technologies for decades. This has allowed us to outpace our economic rivals and dominate valuable markets. The renewable energy sector […]
25Jan

How the House Will Roll Back Washington’s Rule by Bureaucrat

Via The Wall Street Journal: When President Trump delivered his inaugural address last week, he declared that “we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people.” Note that he said we are transferring power, in the present tense. The House has already begun turning the president’s words into reality […]
24Jan

North Dakota Does Not Need the Stream Rule, Nor Does the Nation

Via RealClearEnergy: As I joined my congressional colleagues for the opening session of the new 115th Congress, one frequent topic was how we could quickly restore good jobs and stronger economic growth. A great start would be to lift the regulatory burden off American industries. If President Obama succeeded at little else, he was the undisputed […]