Ending the Abuse of Section 401 Permitting

Global demand for coal remains strong. In fact, coal remains the world’s leading fuel for electricity generation and hundreds of new plants – particularly in Asia – are either planned or already under construction. But despite the world’s largest coal reserves, relatively little American coal is making it into a booming Asian market. The problem […]

On June 3, 2020
Andrew Wheeler, Asia, Clean Water Act, coal exports, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), infrastructure, John Barrasso, Katie Sweeney, Millennium Bulk Terminal, National Mining Association (NMA), Rich Nolan, The Washington Examiner

20Apr

The Long Road Back to Balanced Rulemaking

There was no shortage of doomsday coverage of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to revisit the cost benefit analysis underpinning the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS rule). But in the same breath that outlets like The New York Times sounded the alarm about weakening regulations on the release of mercury, they also […]

On April 20, 2020
Andrew Wheeler, coal-fired power plants, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), Supreme Court, The New York Times