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CPP Keep or Kill: Washington to Hear from Coal Country at EPA Clean Power Plan Meeting Tuesday

March 27, 2018

From the Casper Star Tribune The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a listening session Tuesday in Gillette to discuss the Clean Power Plan. The federal agency responsible for the emissions-cutting Clean Power Plan will hold a public meeting today in Gillette, one of only three across the country this season as the agency plans to dissolve the Obama-era rule. The

EPA Chief Pulls Plug on Clean Power Plan

October 10, 2017

For coal the damage is already done, plants are switching to natural gas Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to repeal the prior administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP). “After reviewing the CPP, EPA has proposed to determine that the Obama-era regulation exceeds the Agency’s statutory authority,” the agency

Several stalled or presumed dead energy projects are back in the driver’s seat in 2017,

Shrinking Red Tape Moves Energy Projects Forward

February 20, 2017

Mining states celebrate HJR 38, Keystone XL back on track, CPP still an unknown Several stalled or presumed dead energy projects are back in the driver’s seat in 2017, and the new team running things in Washington, both at the White House and in Congress, has moved rapidly in the past month to begin to rollback some of the growth-stifling regulations

The Future of Natural Gas Growth, Renewables Growth Depends on the Clean Power Plan

June 17, 2016

If the CPP passes, natural gas growth will double and renewables will show much stronger growth: EIA The extent to which renewables and natural gas continue to grow in terms of their overall percentage in the energy generation mix in the United States will depend on the future of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, according to new data from the

D.C. Court Delays Clean Power Plan Hearing by more than Three Months

May 19, 2016

D.C. court makes rare decision to bypass three-judge panel for Clean Power Plan review In an unusual move, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals announced that oral arguments to assess the merits of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan will now take place before a nine-judge panel, bypassing review of challenges by a three-judge panel. The original three-judge panel was scheduled

Clean Power Plan Lawsuit Update: U.S. Chamber, 27 States, 150 Organizations File Opening Brief Against EPA Power Plant Rule

February 23, 2016

Clean Power Plan Lawsuit Begins The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today, along with a coalition including officials from 27 states and more than 150 other organizations representing a wide range of the American economy, presented opening arguments in the D.C. Circuit against the EPA’s power plant rule associated with the Clean Power Plan. Visit interactive map. Two weeks ago, the U.S.

The Clean Power Plan has a New Chance at Life

February 18, 2016

The death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia complicates matters around the Clean Power Plan The passing of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia last weekend leaves open a seat on the country’s highest court, and it leaves open the door to a great deal of uncertainty with regards to the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan. The Supreme Court took unprecedented

Energy Producers – Don’t Ever Underestimate the Environmental Activists

January 27, 2016

The warning for energy producers in Colorado came from Christopher Guith, senior vice president for policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. Guith’s warning was delivered during a panel discussion with a group of oil and gas industry professionals, two U.S. congressmen, petroleum engineering students and professors at the Colorado School of Mines. The topic was “Lifting

Hatch, Barrasso and Enzi Introduce Senate Bill to Stop Frac Regulation Duplicity

CPP: Motion to Stay EPA Clean Power Plan Denied by D.C. Court

January 21, 2016

A coalition of 27 states and industry groups had hoped to stop the EPA’s Clean Power Plan from taking action by filing a motion to stay in the District of Columbia circuit court. Today, the court announced that it has denied that motion and further ordered that consideration of the appeals “be expedited.” In its decision, the court said that

Coal Under Fire: Clean Power Plan Begins

December 21, 2015

27 States are Suing to Stop the CPP, Where do Things Stand? On August 3, 2015, President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Clean Power Plan, which is described on the EPA website as “a historic and important step in reducing carbon pollution from power plants that takes real action on climate change.” The Clean Power Plan mandates the federal

API: Oil and Gas Industry’s $90 Billion Investments are a “Driving Force” in Emissions Reduction

September 23, 2015

Oil and gas sector leading the way emissions technology investments from 2000 to 2014 Since 2000, the oil and gas industry has invested more capital in carbon emission technologies than the automotive, electric utilities and agriculture processor sectors combined, according to a new study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute (API). From 2000 to 2014, the oil and gas industry has

Stagnant Electricity Demand, Cheap NatGas and Weak Coal Export Markets are Reducing the Need for Coal

September 23, 2015

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its data for the number of new and reactivated coal mines that began production in 2013, showing that the year had the lowest number of active coal mines since the administration began tracking numbers in 2003. In 2013, 103 mines came online as 271 were idled or closed, resulting in a 14% decline in

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