Ed Whitfield: “The benefits certainly did not come from mercury reduction, the primary benefits were coming from reduction of PM2.5.”

There are strong feelings on the issue because many people, and we are speaking for our constituents, believe that EPA is exceeding its legal authority under the direction of a president who is trying to impose his will on climate change…

Amen. I was just in China and we saw their reports in the local press. They're building new power plants they know they don't need. They just want the jobs, more coal emissions. So, again, it's a global challenge. It's not just America's…

Despite the stay of the Clean Power Plan, last week EPA published a 44-page proposed rule setting forth the details for Clean Energy Incentive Program.

So many critics say that that flexibility argument--we're giving maximum flexibility to the State--is really a red herring.