Regardless of its participation in the Paris climate accord, Japan stands firm on challenges to new coal plants and the US should too. As stated in the article, Japan does so because coal power is “cheap and more economical with scale”. Notice there is no claim made that wind and solar is cheaper — as US utilities closing in coal dishonestly claim to advance their no coal agenda.
Is the US headed this way, with electric utilities the driver by pointlessly shuttering coal plants? Support BURN MORE COAL. Help us stop this. Happy Thanksgiving.
Read the report, The Climate Change Act at Ten: History’s Most Expensive Virtue Signal.
Even some greens are outraged that consumers will pay more for less electricity.
Continue reading Exposed: Exelon wants profiteer from WashDC climate legislation
Entergy has just agreed to shutter two coal plants in settlement of litigation with the Sierra Club. BURN MORE COAL has now asked Entergy CEO Leo Denault for a copy of the settlement agreement.
Continue reading BURN MORE COAL to Entergy — Show us the settlement
Once in place, a CO2 tax once just the start. The goal is to eliminate fossil fuels use, starting with coal. That would harm human health and welfare, and the environment. not CO2 emissions. Support BURN MORE COAL to defeat the carbon tax wherever it emerges.
“Seven governor’s races flipped blue: Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas, New Mexico and Nevada… The most aggressive renewable energy mandate proposed was by Gov. elect Jared Polis of Colorado, who is pushing his state to commit to 100% renewable energy by 2040 — a goal that would surpass Hawaii and California’s 100% mandate by five years.” Support our pushback!
It took us 40 years to break OPEC’s death grip on our oil supply. We saved ourselves in part by building more coal plants to reduce oil-burning for electricity. Now wind/solar advocates and rentseekers want to give that power to Communist China. We say: Burn more coal!
The irony: “This rule really doesn’t reflect what is going on in the electric sector.” This is because many utilities have announced much deeper coal cuts than required by the Clean Power Plan. But announcements are not done deals. We need your support to prevent the announcements from becoming done deals.
TVA is a government-run, and not a publicly owned utility. But BURN MORE COAL will be on the front lines for these plants, too. Draft public assessments are open for public comment until December 19.
