by Jane Richey | Dec 3, 2013 | Agenda 21
The House unanimously passed legislation Monday that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring that all new fire hydrants be lead-free by early next year. Democrats and Republicans rejected the agency’s rule, saying it goes too far. The EPA...
by Jane Richey | Oct 30, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
Hundreds of coal industry workers and supporters gathered Tuesday in front of the U.S. Capitol as a parade of coal-state lawmakers assailed the Obama administration as waging a “war on coal” with new environmental rules. Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency...
by Jane Richey | Oct 24, 2013 | Agenda 21
This is a bad week to work at a coal plant. Wisconsin’s Dairyland Power Cooperative announced it will be closing two coal-fired generating units, partly due to regulatory requirements that make it harder to burn coal. Dairyland will be closing two coal-fired units at...
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...