There has been no shortage of opinions about President Obama's plan to fight climate change. Here are a few of the more interesting ones.
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: Co-ops alarmed by president's proposal that will increase electric bills
LINK: "America’s rural communities depend on coal-fired generation for affordable electric power and would be disproportionately penalized by this scheme. Folks in rural communities and those with low or fixed incomes already spend more of their household budget on energy; this proposal would increase their burden."
The Wall Street Journal: Big coal to fight Obama plan (News story)
LINK: "The beleaguered domestic coal industry, bracing for the possibility that no more coal-burning power plants will ever be built on U.S. soil, is teaming up with other business groups to blunt the impact of President Obama's climate-change agenda, while also shifting its business focus to exports."
Charleston Gazette: In attacking Obama on climate, W.Va. leaders ignore natural gas
LINK: "West Virginia's political leaders raced this week to attack President Obama's climate-change plan and its potential impacts on the already declining coal business, but they didn't mention another key part of the administration's plan: strong support for continued growth in natural gas drilling, especially in places like the Marcellus Shale region."
Lexington Herald-Leader: Stop whining and help create jobs; Ky. can gain from new climate plan
LINK: "Some Kentuckians might be willing hostages to the coal industry, but most Americans are not. That's why our Republicans in Congress should get over their predictable conniption fits and get busy harnessing the tide of history to help those they are sworn to serve."
High Country Press: President Obama’s climate plan must do more for Appalachia
LINK: "Appalachian Voices applauds the much-needed efforts included in the plan, but notes that it fails to address one of the most dire consequences of America’s over-reliance on fossil fuels: the ongoing harm to human health in Appalachian states and the ruination of the mountain region’s economy, present and future, due to the impacts of coal mining, combustion and waste disposal."
U.S. News and World Report: Obama thinks too small on climate-change
LINK: "Beyond the expected nods to renewable and clean energy, cuts to fossil fuel subsidies, vague references to international leadership, delegated direction to the Environmental Protection Agency for power-plant emission limits and some statements about resilience and mitigation, there was little that was surprising. It is merely more of the same and most of it is safe."
Huffington Post: "Obama climate-change proposals won't be job killers, experts say"
LINK: "Even before . . . Tuesday, Republican leaders were denouncing the effort as a job-killer. Any move to restrict polluting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, they maintained, would send energy costs up and lead to mass layoffs in a vital job sector. But experts who have studied the intersection of environmental policy and the job market say there's little truth to this claim, if any."
Huffington Post: Al Gore: Obama climate-change speech best 'by any president ever'
LINK: Former Vice President Al Gore called the speech historic.
The Atlantic: Why Obama's climate-change plan is hopeless without China
LINK: "President Obama has designed a plan to combat climate change without the help of Congress, because Congress is a place where even Democrats do things like cut TV ads in which they fire rifles at cap-and-trade legislation. Unfortunately, while the administration may be able to work around Capitol Hill on this issue, the same cannot be said of China."
Politico: Obama's scaled-down climate-change agenda
LINK: "Barack Obama finally gave his big climate speech Tuesday — the one environmentalists have been waiting for since he first took office. But even his biggest proposals fall short of what environmentalists had been hoping for, and what he came into the White House promising to achieve."
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginians weigh in on climate-change speech (News story)
LINK: "Virginia Republicans called it a 'war on coal' that will cost jobs and raise utility rates, while Democrats tempered cautious support with concerns for ratepayers and residents of its coal-dependent communities.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Area lawmakers: Proposed climate change regulations could cripple region (News story)
LINK: "Far-reaching climate-change regulations proposed Tuesday by President Barack Obama could have a crippling impact upon southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia, industry officials and area lawmakers warned."
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: Co-ops alarmed by president's proposal that will increase electric bills
LINK: "America’s rural communities depend on coal-fired generation for affordable electric power and would be disproportionately penalized by this scheme. Folks in rural communities and those with low or fixed incomes already spend more of their household budget on energy; this proposal would increase their burden."
The Wall Street Journal: Big coal to fight Obama plan (News story)
LINK: "The beleaguered domestic coal industry, bracing for the possibility that no more coal-burning power plants will ever be built on U.S. soil, is teaming up with other business groups to blunt the impact of President Obama's climate-change agenda, while also shifting its business focus to exports."
Charleston Gazette: In attacking Obama on climate, W.Va. leaders ignore natural gas
LINK: "West Virginia's political leaders raced this week to attack President Obama's climate-change plan and its potential impacts on the already declining coal business, but they didn't mention another key part of the administration's plan: strong support for continued growth in natural gas drilling, especially in places like the Marcellus Shale region."
Lexington Herald-Leader: Stop whining and help create jobs; Ky. can gain from new climate plan
LINK: "Some Kentuckians might be willing hostages to the coal industry, but most Americans are not. That's why our Republicans in Congress should get over their predictable conniption fits and get busy harnessing the tide of history to help those they are sworn to serve."
High Country Press: President Obama’s climate plan must do more for Appalachia
LINK: "Appalachian Voices applauds the much-needed efforts included in the plan, but notes that it fails to address one of the most dire consequences of America’s over-reliance on fossil fuels: the ongoing harm to human health in Appalachian states and the ruination of the mountain region’s economy, present and future, due to the impacts of coal mining, combustion and waste disposal."
U.S. News and World Report: Obama thinks too small on climate-change
LINK: "Beyond the expected nods to renewable and clean energy, cuts to fossil fuel subsidies, vague references to international leadership, delegated direction to the Environmental Protection Agency for power-plant emission limits and some statements about resilience and mitigation, there was little that was surprising. It is merely more of the same and most of it is safe."
Huffington Post: "Obama climate-change proposals won't be job killers, experts say"
LINK: "Even before . . . Tuesday, Republican leaders were denouncing the effort as a job-killer. Any move to restrict polluting carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, they maintained, would send energy costs up and lead to mass layoffs in a vital job sector. But experts who have studied the intersection of environmental policy and the job market say there's little truth to this claim, if any."
Huffington Post: Al Gore: Obama climate-change speech best 'by any president ever'
LINK: Former Vice President Al Gore called the speech historic.
The Atlantic: Why Obama's climate-change plan is hopeless without China
LINK: "President Obama has designed a plan to combat climate change without the help of Congress, because Congress is a place where even Democrats do things like cut TV ads in which they fire rifles at cap-and-trade legislation. Unfortunately, while the administration may be able to work around Capitol Hill on this issue, the same cannot be said of China."
Politico: Obama's scaled-down climate-change agenda
LINK: "Barack Obama finally gave his big climate speech Tuesday — the one environmentalists have been waiting for since he first took office. But even his biggest proposals fall short of what environmentalists had been hoping for, and what he came into the White House promising to achieve."
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginians weigh in on climate-change speech (News story)
LINK: "Virginia Republicans called it a 'war on coal' that will cost jobs and raise utility rates, while Democrats tempered cautious support with concerns for ratepayers and residents of its coal-dependent communities.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Area lawmakers: Proposed climate change regulations could cripple region (News story)
LINK: "Far-reaching climate-change regulations proposed Tuesday by President Barack Obama could have a crippling impact upon southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia, industry officials and area lawmakers warned."
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