{"id":2412489,"date":"2025-03-11T14:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T18:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-attorney-general-challenges-marylands-new-coal-fee-plan-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T14:16:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T18:16:53","slug":"west-virginia-attorney-general-challenges-marylands-new-coal-fee-plan-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-virginia-attorney-general-challenges-marylands-new-coal-fee-plan-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia attorney general challenges Maryland\u2019s new coal fee plan &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwest-virginia-attorney-general-challenges-marylands-new-coal-fee-plan-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>West Virginia&#8217;s Attorney General J.B. McCuskey \u2064is advocating against a proposed bill in Maryland \u200cthat imposes fees on out-of-state coal producers, claiming it would inflate costs and might potentially be unconstitutional. In a letter addressed to Maryland&#8217;s\u200b legislative leaders,McCuskey \u2064argues that the bill unjustly extracts funds from coal suppliers,adversely affecting coal-producing states like West Virginia,which relies heavily on coal for its electricity production. He emphasizes that while Maryland dose not produce \u200cmuch coal, it significantly exports it\u200d through the Port of \u200bbaltimore, which coudl face financial penalties under the new legislation. McCuskey warns that such policies unfairly burden hardworking Americans\u2064 in other states and \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unemployment-insurance-fraud-during-covid-19-could-total-135-billion-watchdog\/\" title=\"COVID...19 may lead to 5B in Unemployment Insurance Fraud: Watchdog.\">divert funding intended<\/a> for coal-related health initiatives to Maryland&#8217;s general budget. He has also sent similar communications to lawmakers in new \u200cYork.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">West Virginia attorney general challenges Maryland&rsquo;s new coal fee plan<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2035694\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; West Virginia continues to push other states to protect its coal industry.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is urging Maryland House and Senate leaders to table a bill that targets out-of-state coal producers. McCuskey says the proposed legislation drives up prices and could be unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3343934\/new-hampshire-weighs-plans-to-rollback-bail-reform-law\/\">New Hampshire weighs plans to rollback bail reform law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3343932\/yost-pushing-for-higher-ethanol-gasoline-blend-throughout-u-s\/\">Yost pushing for higher ethanol-gasoline blend throughout U.S.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3343931\/san-jose-mayor-proposes-criminalizing-homeless-refusal-of-shelter-aims-to-order-treatment\/\">San Jose mayor proposes criminalizing homeless refusal of shelter, aims to order treatment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;A state cannot fill its coffers at the expense of hard-working Americans miles away in other states who work to keep our lights on and houses warm,&rdquo; McCuskey wrote in a letter to Maryland&rsquo;s Senate President Bill Ferguson, D-Baltimore City, and House Speaker Adrienne Jones, D-Baltimore County. &ldquo;The bill inappropriately targets and extracts large sums of money from energy suppliers to bankroll Maryland&rsquo;s budget.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McCuskey wrote a similar letter to lawmakers in New York.<\/p>\n<p>McCuskey said Maryland does not produce much of its own coal, but the Port of Baltimore is the second-largest coal exporting port in the country. Coal passing through the port would be subject to a fee, hurting coal-producing states.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia is second in the nation in coal production, trailing only Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p>More than 14,000 people in the state work in the coal industry, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">coal-fired electric power plants account<\/a> for 86% of West Virginia&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pouring-billions-into-electric-public-transit\/\" title=\"Biden Pouring ...ions Into Electric Public Transit\">total electricity generation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\"><strong>LIST: THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McCluskey said only 2% of the funds from Maryland&rsquo;s Coal Dust Cleanup and Asthmas Remediation Act would flow into the state&rsquo;s Fossil Fuel Mitigation Fund, which is set aside to address asthma treatment for communities impacted by coal. The rest, he says, would go into the state&rsquo;s general fund.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This bill inappropriately targets and extracts large sums of money from energy suppliers to bankroll Maryland&rsquo;s budget,&rdquo; the letter reads in part. &ldquo;It does so by nearly doubling the cost of sending coal to or through Maryland. Though West Virginia supports Maryland&rsquo;s efforts to solve its internal problems, a State cannot fill its coffers at the expense of hard-working Americans miles away in other States who work to keep our lights on and houses warm.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2035694\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2035694\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia AG opposes Maryland&#8217;s coal fee plan targeting out-of-state producers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2412490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24179557678473.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32116,51943,4837,32076,47453],"class_list":["post-2412489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-attorney-general","tag-coal-fee","tag-maryland","tag-washington-examiner","tag-west-virginia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24179557678473.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412493,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412489\/revisions\/2412493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}