by Jane Richey | Sep 21, 2013 | Agenda 21
Coal-state Democratic candidates are lashing out at President Obama for new Environmental Protection Agency emissions standards that would squeeze the coal industry. West Virginia Secretary of State Natalie Tennant and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan...
by Jane Richey | Sep 20, 2013 | Agenda 21
The Environmental Protection Agency’s second stab at a proposal to set the first-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants would make it impossible for companies to build the kind of coal-fired plants that have been the country’s...
by Jane Richey | Aug 22, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
New regulations issued by the Environmental Protection Agency will lead to the closure of older, coal-fired power plants and boost electricity prices in some parts of the country, according to a new reportfrom the Government Accountability Office. The GAO, at the...
by Jane Richey | Mar 1, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
GenOn Energy Inc. says it plans to close five of its older coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania over the next four years.The company, based in Houston, says Wednesday that tough new environmental rules make it unprofitable to operate the plants. The plants are in...
