In the United States and around the world, coal is recognized as an affordable, reliable source of electricity that will remain an important part of the energy mix for years to come. Working together with state and federal regulators, coal producers and the electricity generators have made dramatic strides addressing environmental issues associated with coal.
The War on Coal is well and truly over, but a peculiar debate over its impact lingers on. Revisionist history is central to this debate, with some folks now suggesting that the coal industry was never in a two-front struggle against both a regulatory onslaught and cheap natural gas. Instead, they
An important debate is taking place in Arizona over the future of one of the country’s largest coal plants, the Navajo Generating Station (NGS). In February, a group of the plant’s owners voted to slate the 2.2 gigawatt facility for closure in 2019, citing competition from low-cost natural gas. This
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce will consider including votes in our 2017 How They Voted scorecard related to H.J. Res. 38 and H.J. Res. 41, which would undo two onerous and unnecessary Obama-era rules on streams and resource extraction. H.J. Res. 38, Stream Protection: The Chamber supports the
As business leaders representing diverse geographic regions and economic interests, we write to encourage your support for expedited passage of a joint Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution vetoing the Obama Administration’s so-called “Stream Protection Rule” (SPR).
We’ve been telling readers for some time how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now argues that its once “transformative” Clean Power Plan (CPP)—upon greater reflection and a weak legal justification—really isn’t that “transformative” after all.
In May 2016, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its Annual Energy Outlook 2016, which includes model runs with and without the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) final rule. The EIA analysis provides an independent look of the impacts CPP will have on the economy and energy markets in the United States.
While there are many aspects of EIA’s analysis worthy of review, this report focuses on four main areas:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations, writes to express strong support for the proposed
A few of weeks back, we told you about how the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2016 showed the harm Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP) will have on coal demand and employment. It wasn’t a pretty picture. Recently, it’s been suggested in
