What has changed is the way those permits are granted, what--the scrutiny or just the enhanced review process, that's what's changed.
Moreover, America's reserves of coal, the source of half of all electrical power in the United States, are unsurpassed, accounting for over ...
The permitorium on coal operations is not the only place where EPA has been hurting economic growth.
I think coal operators can no longer safely make investments, because the EPA has removed some regulatory certainty.
Resolution of this issue cannot wait for judicial adjudication.
If you knew all the things government was going to require you to do, would you have started?
I think the American public really is interested in that kind of a direction because we had a recent poll by the Natural Resources Defense C...
That is our major concern.
I have to say to my friends on this committee, you know, I saw this documentary about, you know, what's happening in West Virginia and, gran...
I want to acknowledge my friend from Pennsylvania, who is a very strong advocate of business.
Everyone in this room today shares a common desire to put America back to work.
Ultimately, if this bill becomes law, it would mean more pollution, more dirty water, more health problems for Americans forced to rely on t...
Not only is mountaintop mining--removal mining environmentally harmful, but it's actually a job destroyer, not a job creator.
But it won't put Appalachian miners back to work. The economics of coal work against that.
I'm deeply troubled by the fact that the House passed the Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 yesterday.
Under the Clean Water Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is mandated to 'restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological i...
Scientific research demonstrates that mountaintop removal mining is devastating to both the environment and the health of Appalachian commun...
So let's try to do better, and let's try to be civil to witnesses like Ms. Warren.
