WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Mining Association (NMA) issued the following statement from its President and CEO Rich Nolan on today’s announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concerning two power plant air regulations.
“We applaud the Trump administration’s work to counter the Biden administration’s direct assault on coal power and address both the nation’s teetering grid reliability and electricity affordability. The Biden EPA released a full suite of rules designed to make it impossible for coal plants to continue operations—and did so at a time when this country’s soaring electricity needs require every megawatt of coal power that’s currently available. Today’s announcement nullifies two of EPA’s most consequential air rules, removing deliberately unattainable standards and leveling the playing field for reliable power sources, instead of stacking the deck against them.”
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