Coal in the News

20Jun

A Hearing Held in Seattle on our Federal Coal Policy is Absurd

Via The Seattle Times: As Central Washington’s representative in Congress for 20 years, and as the former chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over energy policy on federal lands, I have always believed in and supported an all-of-the-above energy plan for the United States. This includes hydroelectric power — which we […]
20Jun

Dan Peterson: The Growing Cost of Keeping the Lights On

Via Florida Politics: Much like vacations, road trips, and barbecues, summertime brings with it a seasonal spike in residential energy consumption. The Sunshine State is certainly no exception. We use plenty of power to cool our homes and charge the electronics in the hands of our children. No doubt, this very hot, energy-intensive season is […]
17Jun

Washington Tells Us Our Electric Bills Will Rise

Via Breitbart: You have to admire the Obama Administration’s optimism. Even though the Supreme Court issued a stay on the president’s “Clean Power Plan” (CPP) earlier this year, the EPA insists that states should keep moving forward with efforts to radically alter their power sector. It’s a bold move, since the High Court has already […]
17Jun

Quinn: In Defense of the Coal Industry

Via The New York Times: To the Editor: The New York Times published two articles intended to raise alarms and vilify the coal industry (“$1 Billion Coal Cleanup, but Who Gets the Bill?,” front page, June 7; and “Will Big Coal Pay to Clean Up Its Messes?,” editorial, June 10). Both are based on the […]
17Jun

Lies, Damned Lies, And The EPA’s ‘Clean Power Plan’

Via Investor’s Business Daily: President Obama’s “Clean Power Plan” is on pause, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling in March after more than two dozen states filed suit to stop it. A new report shows why the plan should be scrapped entirely, and the EPA sued for fraud. By its own admission, the EPA says […]
16Jun

Study: EPA Overstated Benefits And Ignored Costs of Clean Power Plan

Via The Daily Caller: The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan overstates its benefits and underestimates its costs, according to a new study published Thursday by the conservative Manhattan Institute. “My conclusion is that there are few benefits, which have been massively overestimated, and huge costs, which have been massively underestimated,” Dr. Jonathan Lesser, […]
15Jun

House Lawmakers Clash Over Coal Royalties

Via Environment & Energy Daily: House lawmakers are split along partisan lines on legislation that would allow state and tribal leaders a greater say in federal land decisions in the wake of the Obama administration’s controversial moratorium on new federal coal leases. The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources met yesterday to […]
15Jun

Zinke Pushes to End Coal Lease Suspension, Empower Communities

 Via The Billings Gazette:  State and tribal governments deserve a bigger say in federal coal policies, U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke said Tuesday, while seeking to overturn a temporary federal ban on coal leases. Montana’s lone Congressman, told the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources that the federal decision suspending coal leasing earlier […]
14Jun

“Keep it in the Ground” Energy Policies Threaten America’s Prosperity

Washington, D.C. — The National Mining Association (NMA) this week highlighted the mounting evidence that unbalanced energy plans designed to limit America’s energy diversity are threatening the U.S. economy, communities, and access to reliable and affordable energy. On June 14, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources hears testimony from those most impacted […]
14Jun

Obama Legacy Will Be Power Blackouts

Via Newsmax: President Obama is burning his so-called bridges to a “green energy” future that will leave America’s families and industries powerlessly impoverished. Any notions that generously subsidized solar and wind will significantly compensate capacity losses from shuttered coal plants and overregulated oil and natural gas suppliers are scientifically and economically delusional. And as for […]