New EPA Regulations Are the Latest Attempt to Shutter America’s Coal Industry

The following statement was released today by the American Coalition for
Clean Coal Electricity President and CEO Steve Miller in response to the
EPA’s proposed New Source Performance Standards for greenhouse gas
emissions:

“Unfortunately, the EPA continues to ignore the real impact their
rules will have on American families and businesses by driving up energy
prices and destroying jobs.

“This is another, in a series of new regulations, written by EPA to
prevent the U.S. from taking advantage of our vast coal resources that
are responsible for providing affordable electricity for America’s
families and businesses.
This latest rule will make it impossible
to build any new coal-fueled power plants, and could cause the premature
closure of many more coal-fueled power plants operating today.

“So far, other EPA regulations are responsible for the announced
closure of more than 140 electricity generating units in 19 states.
The
regulation EPA proposed today could raise the number of closures even
higher and put more workers out of jobs.

“Rarely is there bipartisan agreement in Washington, D.C., but there
is on this issue.
This was evident when a bipartisan majority of
U.S. House of Representatives recently wrote to President Obama’s Office
of Management and Budget urging them to stop this economically-damaging
rule.”

Last month, 221 Democrat and Republican Members of the U.S. House of
Representatives signed a letter to the White House Office of Management
and Budget explaining that new GHG standards for coal-fueled power
plants would force a transition to undeveloped technologies and send
thousands of U.S. jobs overseas. To see the full letter, please click here.

About ACCCE

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is a
non-profit, non-partisan partnership of companies involved in producing
electricity from coal. ACCCE supports energy policies that balance
coal’s vital role in meeting our country’s growing need for affordable
and reliable electricity with the need to protect the environment. ACCCE
also advocates for the development and deployment of advanced clean coal
technologies that will produce electricity with near-zero emissions.

For more information, visit www.cleancoalusa.org
or www.americaspower.org.

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