Tag: Affordable Power Alliance

  • Tapping Natural Resources to Address Maryland’s Economic Problems

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    WE SHOULD DEVELOP PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE ENERGY RESOURCES TO GENERATE JOBS, REVENUES by Bishop Harry Jackson, Jr. (Oct. 19, 2011) — Maryland’s 7.2% unemployment rate is below the national average, but still too high. Budget shortfalls next year could reach $700 million or more, the Maryland Budget and Tax Policy Institute warns. Many of our cities…

  • Victory is Sweet, But the War Continues

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    CELEBRATE EPA’S WITHDRAWAL OF JOB-KILLING OZONE STANDARDS – BUT PREPARE FOR MORE ONSLAUGHTS by Paul Driessen, ©2011 (Sep. 20, 2011) — Millions of Americans recently celebrated the demise of the Environmental Protection Agency’s job-killing ground-level ozone regulations. While a toast was appropriate, we shouldn’t drink too much champagne just yet. As with the Battle of Midway…

  • Affordable Energy is Essential for Jobs, Justice – and Better Health

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    EPA NEEDS TO ADDRESS HEALTH AND WELFARE ISSUES IT HAS THUS FAR IGNORED, SAYS MINORITY COALITION by Niger Innis, ©2011 (Sep. 9, 2011) — Amid mounting criticism of its voluminous rule-making proposals, EPA continues to insist that its new rules for coal-fired power plant emissions will generate benefits far in excess of their costs. Those…