Coal in the News

09Aug

The ‘War On Coal’ Threatens A Sleepy Colorado Mining Town

Via The Daily Caller: CRAIG, Colo. — Coal, from extraction to use as a generation source, forms the literal bedrock of Craig. The past few years have shaken the once quiet town, as an onslaught of federal government regulations and actions by environmental activists bent on keeping Moffat County’s key natural resource in the ground have sparked concerns […]
08Aug

Via The Washington Examiner: 7. Clean Power Plan, $11.9 billion Instead of relying on Congress, with its increased Republican opposition, Obama decided to enact regulations using his executive authority to meet his climate goals. (AP Photo) The Clean Power Plan is considered the centerpiece of President Obama’s effort to battle climate change. And while it […]
04Aug

The Burden of Today’s Energy Policies Fall Heaviest on Low-Income Americans

Via Inside Sources: The clean energy mantra is so loud that it often drowns out the feeble cry of energy poverty. Many Americans are finding it more and more difficult to paytheir utility bills, yet this important issue is nearly absent from the debate about America’s energy future. Modern progressives, who have long fancied themselves […]
03Aug

Happy Bday Clean Power Plan, Thanks for the Job Losses and Billions in Costs!

Via Americans for Tax Reform: Today marks exactly one year since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Obama Administration formally unveiled their coveted Clean Power Plan (CPP). While EPA bureaucrats and the Obama Administration tout the so-called “benefits” of the CPP, the truth is the rule has already begun destroying the livelihoods of thousands of […]
03Aug

NMA Observes CPP’s First Anniversary

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn today remarked on the first anniversary of the administration’s Clean Power Plan unveiled by the president Aug. 3, 2015: “The first year of this reckless rule shows why the Clean Power Plan (CPP) should not have a second. “The CPP is an ill-conceived attempt to transform […]
03Aug

Clean Power Plan: All Pain, No Gain for West Virginia

Via The Hill:  August 3 will mark one year since President Obama announced the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) strategy to decrease carbon emissions from power plants in order to combat the consequences of climate change. While anniversaries are normally cause for celebration, the echoes of joyous celebration will not be […]
03Aug

Examining the Impact of the EPA’s Recent Regulatory Activities

Via The Springfield News-Leader: Since 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published nearly 4,000 rules — totaling over 33,000 pages — that threaten affordable energy and jobs in the coal, natural gas and many other sectors of our economy. Many of these have been vast oversteps of federal authority like in the agency’s “Clean […]
01Aug

Wyo.’s Gov. Mead Blasts Federal Coal Leasing Review

Via E&E Publishing: Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) contends his state was “caught by surprise” by the Obama administration’s decision to halt federal coal leases and review the program, declaring that “coal miners and their families are at risk.” In a 75-page letter last week to the Bureau of Land Management, as well as 4,179 […]
01Aug

Missouri Faces a Troubling Uptick in Energy Prices

Via The Southeast Missourian: We sometimes forget Missouri has been a coal-producing state for decades. Although not a major producer like Wyoming or West Virginia, our state has mined coal, along with lead, zinc, copper and silver for more than a century. And all of this mining has not only employed thousands in family-supporting, middle-class […]
29Jul

These Climate Change Regulations Will Increase Your Electric Bill

Via The Daily Signal: Amid the summer heat, American households are thankful foraffordable, reliable air conditioning. But the Obama administration’s war on coal is going to drive up energy prices for families who want to keep cool in the summer and stay warm in the winter. A recent study by Heritage Foundation economists estimates that […]