NMA Presses Forward in D.C. Circuit Court in Defense of Affordable, Reliable Electricity

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Mining Association (NMA) today issued the following statement from Rich Nolan, NMA President & CEO, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to issue an emergency stay concerning the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Power Plan 2.0 rule, also referred to as CPP 2.0.

Statement from Rich Nolan, NMA president and CEO: "While we're disappointed that some of the justices failed to recognize the immediate harm to industry and consumers posed by this reckless rule, we look forward to continuing to making our case in the D.C. Circuit. By constructing a rule that offers power plant operators the choice of either employing technologies that do not yet exist on a commercial, affordable scale or shutting down, the EPA has wrested control of our nation's energy policy with neither the legal authority nor expertise to do so, all at the exact time that electricity demand is forecast to double. If this rule is allowed to stand the results for the American people and economy will be catastrophic."

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