Category Archives for Emissions
The Reality of Regulatory Costs
URL: http://www.countoncoal.org/2016/10/26/3497 (October, 2016) — In a Facebook interview last week, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy acknowledged the obvious: her support for the environmental left’s “keep it in the ground” policy (“I think we share the same goal”), that coal state … Continue reading
Scientists Accidentally Turned CO2 Into Ethanol
URL: http://energy.gov/articles/scientists-accidentally-turned-co2-ethanol (October 21, 2016) — In a new twist for waste-to-fuel technology, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a … Continue reading
Radio ads question climate concerns – recognize value of coal
The ICSC has released a series of radio ads in Washington, DC on WTOP and WMAL. The text of the ads is… “President Obama wants to eliminate coal, our cheapest electricity source, in a vain attempt to control Earth’s climate. Power … Continue reading
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Does Not Deserve Judicial Respect
Ed note: This article was originally published in Issue 2, 2015 of American Coal Magazine. By: William Yeatman, CEI On August 3rd, President Obama announced his administration’s signature global warming policy, known as the Clean Power Plan. In the simplest … Continue reading
Boundary Dam project – proving that coal-fueled energy is clean
This NatGeo article on the Boundary Dam project in Saskatchewan is a good, fast look at one attempt to employ carbon capture and storage technologies as a means of addressing CO2 emissions from coal-fueled energy. Boundary Dam extracts 90 percent of … Continue reading
A renewable fantasy
This July 6th WSJ editorial on the fantasy of relying on renewable energy is a must read. Here’s a few good quotes from the article to get you started. Recently Bill Gates explained in an interview with the Financial Times why … Continue reading
Sierra Club proud they’re putting miners out of work
I was recently interviewed by CNS News and asked for comment on the joint Sierra Club, Bloomberg media event (held on April 8th). In this event former NY mayor Michael Bloomberg and senior Sierra Club staffers, like CEO Michael Brune, exulted in their … Continue reading
Coal states brace for plant closures & lost jobs
As the EPA’s anti-coal regulations get nearer to implementation, states that rely on coal for electricity and jobs are bracing for the massive economic and social impacts. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
Patrick Moore – we need more CO2
Patrick Moore, co-founder and former leader of Greenpeace has a dramatically different take on atmospheric CO2 and its impacts on the environment. In fact, the Earth has been warming very gradually for 300 years, since the Little Ice Age ended, long … Continue reading
SCOTUS to review MATS
“EPA Power Plant Mercury Rule Gets U.S. Supreme Court Review” … “High court review of the rule threatens to stop a legal winning streak for EPA air-pollution regulations.” More on this pending case at WSJ