Tipoffs for Beckley, West Virginia (coal)
Capital Research Center Issues Commentary: Enemies of Energy - American CO2 Emissions
WASHINGTON, May 29 (TNSrep) -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on May 28, 2026, by Managing Editor and Director of Content Ken Braun:
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Enemies of Energy: American CO2 emissions
Despite being the planet's undisputed economic superpower, the United States produces a comparatively small share of CO2 emissions relative to our massive economy; a little less than 13 percent of the total. Nearly 32 percent comes from China.
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt
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Earthjustice: EPA Moves to Establish a Federal Permit Program to Allow More Coal Ash Pollution
SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 29 -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on May 27, 2026:
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EPA Moves to Establish a Federal Permit Program to Allow More Coal Ash Pollution
Today the EPA dusted off a proposal from the first Trump administration
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Washington, D.C. -- Today, the Trump administration reopened for public comment its 2020 proposal to create a federal permit program for the disposal of coal ash. EPA's permit proposal includes features like "permits for life" and "g
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Legal Defense Fund Associate Director-Counsel Cox Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Subcommittee (Part 1 of 2)
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by Todd A. Cox, associate director-counsel of the Legal Defense Fund, from a May 19, 2026, hearing entitled "Enforcing Callais: Implementing the Supreme Court's Command Against Racial Gerrymandering":
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I. INTRODUCTION
Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Welch, and members of the Committee:
My name is Todd A. Cox, and I am Associate Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund
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