Month: September 2013

Not Funny: Gina McCarthy cracks jokes while announcing devastation of coal miner jobs, families, communities

Reuters reports: Continue reading Not Funny: Gina McCarthy cracks jokes while announcing devastation of coal miner jobs, families, communities

Dem Sen from NDak: Obama admin ‘choosing to choke the coal industry with unattainable regulations’

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today released the below statement following the Obama Administration’s release of proposed regulations on new power plants: Continue reading Dem Sen from NDak: Obama admin ‘choosing to choke the coal industry with unattainable regulations’

EPA coal rules could backfire on Dems in 2014: Senate races at risk in KY, WV, LA, AR, AK, SD, NC

USNews reports: Continue reading EPA coal rules could backfire on Dems in 2014: Senate races at risk in KY, WV, LA, AR, AK, SD, NC

Kentucky Rep. Barr on EPA coal rules: ‘The outcome of these ruinous regulations will be hundreds of thousands of Americans added to the unemployment lines’

The Courier-Journal reports: Continue reading Kentucky Rep. Barr on EPA coal rules: ‘The outcome of these ruinous regulations will be hundreds of thousands of Americans added to the unemployment lines’

Sen. Roy Blunt on EPA coal rules: ‘Once again, President Obama is waging war on affordable energy for families and small businesses in states like Missouri’

From the office of Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri): Continue reading Sen. Roy Blunt on EPA coal rules: ‘Once again, President Obama is waging war on affordable energy for families and small businesses in states like Missouri’

Texas GOP Rep. Pete Olson: ‘In releasing an unachievable standard for new coal power today, President Obama continues a dangerous assault on the pocketbook and living standards of American families’

The Journal (Friendswood, TX) reports: Continue reading Texas GOP Rep. Pete Olson: ‘In releasing an unachievable standard for new coal power today, President Obama continues a dangerous assault on the pocketbook and living standards of American families’

Dem Senate candidate in WV: ‘This regulation is bad for West Virginia coal miners, their families and communities across the coal fields’

NewsOK reports: Continue reading Dem Senate candidate in WV: ‘This regulation is bad for West Virginia coal miners, their families and communities across the coal fields’

Dem Senate candidate ‘deeply disappointed’ with Obama EPA coal rules; ‘Yet again President Obama’s administration has taken direct aim at Kentucky jobs’

The Associated Press reports: Continue reading Dem Senate candidate ‘deeply disappointed’ with Obama EPA coal rules; ‘Yet again President Obama’s administration has taken direct aim at Kentucky jobs’

Orwellian: EPA chief says coal industry-killing rules ‘can actually promote the industry sector to grow’

Greenwire reports: Continue reading Orwellian: EPA chief says coal industry-killing rules ‘can actually promote the industry sector to grow’

Arrogance: EPA says new coal plant rules have no costs — tell that to the reeling coal industry and consumers

From EPA’s regulatory impact analysis: Continue reading Arrogance: EPA says new coal plant rules have no costs — tell that to the reeling coal industry and consumers

Sen. Murkowski ‘very disappointed’ in EPA coal rules — ‘Obama admin doen’t have ability to will technologies into existence’

Alaskan Native News reports: Continue reading Sen. Murkowski ‘very disappointed’ in EPA coal rules — ‘Obama admin doen’t have ability to will technologies into existence’