Author: Josh Siegel, The Washington Examiner
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Xcel, other utilities reluctant to invest in coal, despite Trump’s efforts
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Power utilities are expressing little interest in the Trump administration’s bid to help keep their coal plants alive, remaining committed to providing energy from cleaner and cheaper sources such as natural gas, wind, and solar. And that includes Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest power supplier. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule Aug. 21 to replace…
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Trump’s EPA releases plan gutting Obama’s climate rule targeting coal
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The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to replace the Clean Power Plan, former President Barack Obama’s signature initiative to combat climate change, with a narrower rule more friendly to industry. The Environmental Protection Agency introduced its proposal, renamed the “Affordable Clean Energy Rule,” Tuesday morning. President Donald Trump is expected to tout it…
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Federal judge orders Trump to reinstate Obama’s Waters of the US rule
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A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction Thursday against the Trump administration for delaying the Obama-era “Waters of the United States” rule, dealing a setback to a key piece of President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda. The decision by the U.S. District Court in South Carolina means that the rule, also known as WOTUS and the…
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Andrew Wheeler aims to complete Trump’s deregulatory agenda at EPA
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Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has a lot of work ahead of him to complete the deregulatory agenda started by his recently departed predecessor, Scott Pruitt. Wheeler says he’s ready to make a lasting impact, whether or not he is confirmed as EPA’s permanent leader. “Of course we are absolutely implementing…
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Embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt is out
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Scott Pruitt stepped down as head of the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday after a series of controversies that overshadowed his year of leading President Trump’s anti-regulation, pro-growth agenda. “I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding…
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Washington in uproar over ‘disgusting’ White House Correspondents’ dinner comedy routine
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Conservatives Saturday night and Sunday criticized the tenor and character of the White House Correspondents’ dinner after comedian Michelle Wolf ripped into Trump administration officials. Wolf stunned the crowd at Saturday night’s dinner with biting jokes about President Trump and his White House, including top aides like counselor Kellyanne Conway and press secretary Sarah Sanders,…
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Report: Wages are growing in cities with low unemployment rates, including Denver
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Workers in cities with the lowest unemployment rates in the country are also finally experiencing strong wage growth, according to a new analysis of Labor Department data. Large cities including Denver; San Jose, California; Minneapolis; and Austin, Texas, have unemployment rates below 4 percent and are experiencing wage growth of at least double the 2…
