The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed sweeping regulations that would require states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector by an average of 30 percent nationally. This costly plan is another step in the administration's policies designed to eliminate low... Read More

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn testified this morning at the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) public hearing in Washington, D.C. highlighting the flaws that undermine the agency’s proposed regulation for reducing greenhouse gases from existing power plants. In the... Read More

Washington, D.C. — The National Mining Association (NMA) is encouraged by today’s House subcommittee hearing on “America’s Metals and Mineral Security,” which demonstrates growing recognition among policymakers, industry leaders and security experts that America needs a strong and stable supply of domestic... Read More

National Mining Association (NMA) President and CEO Hal Quinn joined leaders of a broad industry coalition this morning to call on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw and rework the flawed rule it proposed for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. In the following... Read More

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed determination under 404(c) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) that would impose preemptive sanctions on potential development of a gold-and-copper mining prospect in Alaska. EPA is taking this action before the mine’s proponents have even submitted... Read More