Last week, at Kentucky’s Mills Creek Power Plant, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a major deregulatory action. EPA announced that it would repeal the Biden Administration’s 2024 amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). The move restores the original 2012 standards while preventing costly new mandates. In announcing the rollback, EPA emphasized, “In today’s final action, EPA repealed the Biden Administration’s 2024 amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (EGUs) – a rule commonly known as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for power plants, or simply MATS….

As President Trump prepares to address the nation tonight, one fact is already clear: the State of the Union for American energy is strong. Rather than apologizing for American energy, this administration embraced it. The results are measurable, the momentum is real, and tonight’s address comes at a moment when American energy is once again working for workers, families, and communities nationwide. “We are better off economically, stronger in our national security, and less dependent on our adversaries — and all it took was a new president,” said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director for Power The Future. “Just over one…

Power The Future applauds today’s announcement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) outlining a path forward to revamp the Clean School Bus (CSB) Program. After years of mismanagement and one-size-fits-all mandates, EPA is taking concrete steps to strengthen oversight, expand fuel choice, and ensure better stewardship of taxpayer dollars. As EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin stated: “As was the case with so many of the Biden-era programs, the Clean School Bus program has been a disaster of poor management and wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars. At the Trump EPA, we have zero tolerance for reckless spending. Today, EPA takes the…

California drivers are paying the highest gas prices in the nation. Thanks to years of extreme energy policies and regulatory failures, the Golden State is increasingly importing gasoline through the Bahamas. This costly, convoluted detour adds thousands of unnecessary miles before the fuel reaches the pump. The New York Post reports, “California is increasingly importing gasoline through the Bahamas — a workaround to a 106-year-old US shipping law that forces domestic fuel shipments onto costly American vessels. More than 40% of the gasoline California imported in November was routed through the Caribbean hub, a record high which comes as drivers in the…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week directing the Department of War to enter into long-term power purchase agreements with America’s coal-fired power plants. The move will strengthen grid reliability and national defense. The order, “Strengthening United States National Defense with America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet,”makes clear that a resilient electric grid is the foundation of both military readiness and economic security. Under the directive, the Secretary of War, in coordination with the Department of Energy, will ensure reliable electricity from the U.S. coal fleet to power military bases and other mission-critical facilities. Speaking at the…