by Annalee Grant SNL The U.S. EPA has denied five petitions that sought review of carbon emissions guidelines for new, modified and reconstructed fossil fuel power plants, noting that a troubled Canadian power plant using carbon capture and sequestration is operating just fine. The new source rule, published in the Federal Register in October 2015, [...]
Argus Washington, 2 May (Argus) — The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rejected industry and state requests that it take another look at CO2 emissions limits for new coal-fired power plants. The agency on 29 April denied five petitions for reconsideration of the regulations filed by two utilities, an industry group and the state of [...]
by Phil Kerpen American Commitment The EPA proposal to impose a de facto ban on new coal-fired power plants received more than two million comments from the public – but it looks like it was just one five-page comment from the Energy and Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) that sent EPA scrambling back to the drawing [...]
For Immediate Release: May 22, 2015 Contact: Craig Richardson [email protected] 202-758-8301 - MEDIA ADVISORY- Attorney-Authors of Regulatory Comments that Raised Serious Legal Issues re: EPA's Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Mandate Available to Discuss Reports that EPA May Drop this Mandate Who/What: Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal) Senior Legal Fellow and well-known [...]
by Michael Bastach Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency may delay a contentious rule mandating carbon capture technology for coal-fired power plants, according to news reports. The agency has not officially commented on the reported rule, but sources familiar with the possible delay of the New Source Performance Standards say it stems from serious problems [...]
by By John Blosser Newsmax When it comes to the stare-down between power plant operators and the Obama administration's controversial plan to cut carbon monoxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be about to blink. The Christian Science Monitor reports that the standard is the "centerpiece [...]
