Aug 7, 2014 ... In a campaign ad released July 29, Capito, surrounded by blue-collar workers,  warns against Obama's coal regulations. "The president's come out with rules  that say 'no new coal-fired power plants,'" Capito says. "But what he's going to  come out with in the next several months is you're not even going to be ...
... Amercian Coal Council. She said the industry's big concern is that the Obama  rules would cause an even sharper drop in demand for coal as states and utilities  moved to phase out remaining coal-fired power plants to meet the tougher  emissions targets. CNNMoney (New York) First published March 28, 2017: 9:09  AM ET ...
Aug 14, 2014 ... Much of the political debate has focused on the Environmental Protection  Agency's newly proposed regulations on existing power plants. ... Capito also  took a shot at a separate EPA proposal released last year to regulate emissions  from new coal plants, claiming the rule says, "No new coal-fired plants.".
Oct 9, 2017 ... The repeal proposal, which will be filed in the Federal Register on Tuesday,  fulfills a promise President Trump made to eradicate his predecessor's  environmental legacy. Eliminating the ... Coal- and natural-gas-fired power plants  are responsible for about one-third of America's carbon dioxide emissions.
Over 94 percent of these retirements will come from generating units at coal-fired  power plants, shuttering over one-fifth of the U.S.'s coal-fired generating capacity.  ... The result of these and ongoing EPA rules, if put into force, will be no new coal- fired plants in the United States and massive closures of existing coal plants.
The president's come out with rules that say, 'No new coal-fired power plants.' 