Jun 19 Environment Trump Administration Replaces Obama-Era Climate Change Rule On Power Plants The U.S. EPA Wednesday released its long-awaited final replacement for the Obama administration’s signature climate change regulation. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Jun 19 Environment Trump Administration Replaces Obama-Era Rule On Power Plants Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 27 Environment Trump Power: Industry Analysts Say New Rule Will Not Fuel Coal Comeback Industry experts and even the administration’s own analysts see little evidence that Trump’s policy changes will alter the downward course for coal. By Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 27 Environment Industry Analysts Say New Rule Will Not Fuel Coal Comeback Brittany Patterson, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 23 Economy In Ohio Valley Visits, Trump Administration Pushes Policies Supporting Mining And Metals Trump and his commerce secretary visited the Ohio Valley this week to tout the administration's policies to prop up two of the region's traditional but faltering industries. By Jeff Young Aug 23 Economy In Ohio Valley, Trump Administration Pushes Policies Supporting Mining Jeff Young
Aug 21 Environment EPA Says Trump’s Clean Power Plan Replacement Would Save Money, Increase Pollution The Trump administration's Affordable Clean Energy rule is estimated to save money, but also increase the country's carbon emissions and fuel more premature deaths. By Ryan Van Velzer Aug 21 Environment EPA Says Power Plan Replacement Would Save Money, Increase Pollution Ryan Van Velzer
Dec 4 Environment R.I.P., CPP? Clean Energy Trend Likely To Continue Despite Trump’s Clean Power Repeal Most energy analysts do not think the Clean Power Plan’s repeal will change trends underway in the electricity industry. By Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 4 Environment Clean Energy Trend Likely To Continue Despite Trump's CPP Repeal Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource
Nov 28 Environment Clean Power Plan’s Repeal Gets Hearing In Coal Country A number of grassroots environment and public health organizations spoke against the repeal, while friends of coal rallied in Charleston, W.Va. By Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource Nov 28 Environment Clean Power Plan’s Repeal Gets Hearing In Coal Country Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 12 Environment Coal Comfort: Trump’s EPA And Energy’s Winners And Losers A new study suggests market forces — not regulations — will make more coal power plants in the Ohio Valley Region vulnerable. By Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 12 Environment Coal Comfort: Trump’s EPA And Energy’s Winners And Losers Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource
Oct 9 Environment Trump Administration To Terminate Obama’s Climate Plan The head of the EPA said he'll sign a new rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. By Adam Beam, Associated Press and Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Oct 9 Environment Trump Administration To Terminate Obama's Climate Plan Adam Beam, Associated Press and Michael Biesecker, Associated Press
Mar 28 Environment Trump Takes Aim At A Centerpiece Of Obama’s Environmental Legacy The Trump administration aims to roll back the Clean Power Plan, which limits emissions from power plants, lift the moratorium on federal coal leases and change the "social cost of carbon" policy. By Merrit Kennedy, NPR and Nathan Rott, NPR Mar 28 Environment Trump Takes Aim At A Centerpiece Of Obama's Environmental Legacy Merrit Kennedy, NPR and Nathan Rott, NPR
Dec 28 Environment Getting Rid Of The EPA’s Clean Power Plan May Be Easier Said Than Done The Supreme Court found carbon dioxide to be dangerous to human health, so the new administration will have to address greenhouse gas emissions in some way. By Erica Peterson Dec 28 Environment Getting Rid Of EPA's Clean Power Plan May Be Easier Said Than Done Erica Peterson
Dec 15 Environment Beshear Among AGs Outlining Plans To Dismantle Carbon-Limit Rule Beshear signed onto a letter sent to Washington this week outlining ways to dismantle the Obama administration’s plan to limit carbon pollution. By Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource Dec 15 Environment Beshear Among AGs Outlining Plans To Dismantle Carbon-Limit Rule Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource
Sep 28 Environment Clean Power Plan Challengers Have Day In Court The CPP aims to reduce by about a third the power plant emissions of CO2, a greenhouse gas scientists have identified as a major cause of climate change. By Anne Li, West Virginia Public Broadcasting Sep 28 Environment Clean Power Plan Challengers Have Day In Court Anne Li, West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Sep 27 Environment Clean Power In Court: What It Means For Kentucky Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia are among the states challenging the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan, or CPP, in oral arguments Tuesday. By Staff, Ohio Valley ReSource Sep 27 Environment Clean Power In Court: What It Means For Kentucky Staff, Ohio Valley ReSource
Sep 26 Environment Fossil Feud: W.Va.’s Attorney General Defends Coal In National Spotlight The U.S. Appeals Court in Washington, D.C., hears arguments Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the case West Virginia v. EPA, challenging the federal Clean Power Plan. That’s the centerpiece of the Obama Administration’s attempt to address climate change by limiting CO2 emissions from power plants. The challengers include 27 state attorneys general, including Kentucky’s. One in […] By Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource Sep 26 Environment Fossil Feud: W.Va.'s Attorney General Defends Coal In National Spotlight Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource
Aug 29 Environment Power Play: Experts Say Killing Clean Power Plan Won’t Revive Coal Coal-producing states are preparing for arguments next month in the federal appeals court case known as West Virginia v. EPA, challenging the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. By Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource Aug 29 Environment Experts Say Killing Clean Power Plan Won't Revive Coal Glynis Board, Ohio Valley ReSource