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Clean Air Act

09Aug

Unworkable and Unlawful

With the U.S. power grid hanging on by a thread, and coal and natural gas plants working overtime to meet soaring power demand this summer, all eyes are on the fate of the so-called Clean Power Plan 2.0 and the threat posed by the rule to the nation’s grid reliability. Last week, 39 senators wrote […]
  • On August 9, 2023
  • Clean Air Act, clean power plan, Edison Electric Institute, electricity grid, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), grid reliability, Michael Regan, National Mining Association (NMA), National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
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18May

A Plan to Break the Grid

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled out its sweeping new climate rule last week. In the plan’s crosshairs is the generating capacity that meets 60% of the nation’s power. Should the EPA get its way, today’s coal and gas fleets will be largely disassembled nearly overnight, posing a remarkable threat to a grid already […]
  • On May 18, 2023
  • carbon capture utilization and storage, Clean Air Act, Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), grid reliability, Jennifer Wilcox, John Moura, Michael Regan, National Mining Association (NMA), North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Politico, Rich Nolan, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Willie Philips
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17Oct

A Symbolic Vote Against Voter Preference

Remember the Clean Power Plan (CPP)? Designed to shutter coal plants and with the potential for economic destruction, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed it and this administration wisely replaced it with a legal alternative: the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. But just when we thought reason might prevail, enter the Senate democrats who earlier today […]
  • On October 17, 2019
  • ACE rule, Clean Air Act, clean power plan, Morning Consult, Rich Nolan
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19Jun

A Legal Approach to Emissions Reduction, An Eye Towards a Global Challenge

The EPA rolled out the final version of its long-anticipated Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule this morning. The rule is the replacement for the so-called Clean Power Plan (CPP), which the previous administration claimed as its crowning environmental achievement. Quite an achievement it was. Along with never being implemented due to an unprecedented stay from […]
  • On June 19, 2019
  • ACE rule, China, Clean Air Act, clean power plan, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Hal Quinn
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Recent Clean Air Act Posts
  • Unworkable and Unlawful
  • A Plan to Break the Grid
  • A Symbolic Vote Against Voter Preference
  • A Legal Approach to Emissions Reduction, An Eye Towards a Global Challenge
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