FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky is an energy state. Attorney General Daniel Cameron has made clear throughout his tenure that we benefit from the competitive advantage that comes with having abundant fossil fuels and using them to produce low-cost electricity to power our homes and businesses.
“The climate cult is perpetually unsatisfied—they want more and more green energy nonsense,” said Attorney General Cameron. “But I won’t let these radicals destroy the Commonwealth’s competitive advantage and increase our utility bills and gas prices in the process.”
Defending Kentucky Coal
Kentucky is the seventh-largest coal-producing state in America. We possess about one-sixth of the country’s operating coal mines, and as a result Kentucky averages the twelfth-lowest electricity prices of any state and the second-lowest prices of states east of the Mississippi River. But Kentucky’s advantage has shrunk since Joe Biden has been President. Why?
Because Joe Biden and his extreme Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been trying to destroy Kentucky coal. But General Cameron has delivered on his commitment to protect it. He fought federal attempts to force the Commonwealth to implement radical environmental policies that would devastate Kentucky’s coal industry. And he opposed an EPA proposal that would have forced many coal plants to either adopt untested and costly technologies or shut down.
Fighting Biden’s Overreach
President Trump’s energy policies took advantage of our God-given resources. Joe Biden’s have done the opposite, and General Cameron has fought those policies at every turn.
When Joe Biden tried to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline, General Cameron took him to court. And earlier this year, General Cameron led 25 states in fighting against the Administration’s attack on gas-powered vehicles and opposed the EPA’s excessive regulation of American waterways and greenhouse gas emissions.
Fighting Fringe Environmentalism
Climate radicals don’t care if their extreme ESG-focused agenda hurts the pensions of teachers, firefighters, and police officers. They aren’t content just to destroy the energy economy and increase our utility bills; they want to control every aspect of our lives.
First the Biden Administration came for incandescent lightbulbs. Then it came for gas stoves and ovens. And now it’s coming for the boilers that help heat your homes and businesses. General Cameron has been a bulwark against this radicalism, opposing the Biden Administration’s radical green agenda at every turn and stopping him when it counts.
General Cameron has also advocated for Kentucky families before the Public Service Commission. Since taking office, he has secured nearly $350 million in utility rate savings for Kentucky consumers.
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