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June 19, 2013 - 11:13am
These days, finding an issue where Republicans and Democrats agree is no easy task, but yesterday a bipartisan group of state Attorneys General joined together to call on the administration to protect American jobs and keep our energy costs low.
What brought the AGs from 21 states and two parties together?
Certain...
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June 17, 2013 - 11:45am
Today we want say “thank you” to U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield and Kentucky State Rep. Jim Gooch who are standing with Kentucky’s 14,000 plus coal miners.
In an op-ed published last Friday, Reps. Whitfield and Gooch shine a much-needed spotlight on a planned anti-coal protest in Louisville later this week.
The group planning...
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June 13, 2013 - 12:54pm
We are proud to announce that American Electric Power (AEP) received Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI’s) 2013 Edison Award for the completion and recent launch of the John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant in Arkansas. The most prestigious honor in the electric power industry, the award recognizes the use of...
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June 11, 2013 - 2:30pm
A new 21st Century coal plant utilizing state-of-the-art technology began running today in Knox County, Ind., says Duke Energy Corp. to E&E.
The Edwardsport Generating Station will replace older coal plants and offers immediate environmental benefits. “The 618-megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle...
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June 10, 2013 - 6:40am
Originally posted on E&E Daily, Daniel Cusick, 6/7/2013
While coal consumption by U.S. electric utilities has rebounded from 2012′s historic low levels, a new analysis from SNL Financial suggests that coal will not regain its dominance among energy fuels as utilities and independent power producers gravitate...
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June 7, 2013 - 2:07pm
Democrats are breaking ranks with the Obama administration on proposed regulations that could cost America jobs, claims the Daily Caller in multiple recent articles.
Filing a brief that the EPA has misinterpreted its authority under the Clean Air Act and is overstepping their power by requesting to regulate greenhouse...
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June 5, 2013 - 11:04am
Originally posted on E&E Daily, Manuel Quinones, 6/5/2013
Last summer the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity rolled out an ad campaign featuring NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. Others had more of a hard edge, slamming the Obama U.S. EPA.
Then-ACCCE Senior Vice President Evan Tracey said the group had...
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June 4, 2013 - 5:30pm
ACCCE President and CEO, Mike Duncan, recently responded to an article in the Wall Street Journal defending clean coal from environmental critics. Read the entire article below:
Your editorial “Mississippi Clean Coal Slaw“ (May 30) captures the paradoxical problem plaguing many clean coal technology...
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May 30, 2013 - 8:52am
In this tough economy, Nevada must produce electricity at a price families and small businesses can afford.
One bill, SB 123, being considered right now by the Nevada State Assembly, would increase utility rates across Nevada and guarantee higher profits for NV Energy, the state’s biggest utility. Additionally, SB 123...
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May 28, 2013 - 10:58am
An article from the Washington Examiner has decried the EPA’s continued use of “sue and settle” tactics which allow for closed-door deals to be made and ratified without any sense of transparency to the public.
The “sue and settle” process occurs when a private environmental group sues...
