Senators Ed Whitfield (R-Kentucky) and Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) are planning to unveil legislation today that would put a roadblock in front of the Obama administration's new power plant rules targeted toward reducing coal usage. The president rolled out a new carbon reduction plan this past summer, the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), which began with an EPA directive to establish new carbon pollution standards for power plants to be effective the summer of 2014. It is also tasked with setting standards for:
A 30 percent increase in federal spending on clean energy programs A doubling of wind and solar electricity by 2020 Renewable electricity generation for federally subsidized housing by 2020 Renewable energy for al...
What You Need to Know Today: The Trump administration announced new tariffs of 10 percent to 12.5 percent on imports from 60 major U.S. trading partners as part of a Section 301 action aimed at combating forced labor in global supply chains. Countries that have agreed to adopt and enforce bans...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report was released today, along with the semi-annual cattle inventory report. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with a capacity of 1,000 head or more amounted to 11.4 million head, or 102 percent of last year. All cattle and calves totaled 94.2...
