West Virginia fights federal carbon rule hit on coal plants
West Virginia leaders vow legal and political push against a rule requiring an average 19.8 percent emissions cut by 2030 across the state. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and AG Patrick Morrisey warn it would raise electricity costs and threaten miners jobs while utilities like American Electric Power and FirstEnergy assess impacts. Environmentalists praise the move as overdue amid coal country hardship and health concerns.
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Politics of Emissions Polices Split Senate Races
A Washington Post ABC News poll shows 57 percent of Republicans and 79 percent of Democrats support state level limits on greenhouse gases, while 70 percent overall want federal limits on power plant emissions. Democrats face tough fights in coal states Kentucky West Virginia and Colorado as Obama climate plan faces GOP attacks. Kentucky Ohio? West Virginia and Colorado target cuts 18 23 and 36 percent respectively by 2030. Senate is defending a narrow six seat majority.
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Lawmakers discuss Obama EPA rules hitting coal states
Lawmakers, including Virginia's Griffith and West Virginia's Rahall, fault Obama era and EPA emissions rules. They say coal plants close, jobs lost, electricity costs rise, while Republicans push to block the rules and Democrats defend carbon reductions with economic safeguards. Virginia senators Kaine and Warner back longer comment periods and climate review. West Virginia officials pledge legal actions to protect coal jobs.
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