Emily Le Coz The Clarion-Ledger Former Environmental Protection Agency regulator David Schnare urged Mississippi lawmakers to defy a federal rule requiring states to implement sweeping greenhouse-gas reduction plans, calling it both costly and illegal... But Schnare called it an unrealistic agenda that violates states’ rights and could inadvertently kill as many as 600 Mississippians by [...]
by Jean Chemnick E&E reporter A conservative group withdrew its lawsuit yesterday against the Energy Department that sought records on a Mississippi carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, saying DOE complied with the request weeks ago but the documents had been lost in the mail... "This is not so much about Kemper as it is [...]
On January 21, 2015, Dr. David Schnare, E&E Legal Counsel and 33 year veteran of the EPA, appears on The John Fredericks Radio Show to explain how EPA regulations will hurt the American people. Click here to listen:
by Bonner Cohen Senior Fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research As Appearing in The Heartland Institute's Magazine In the latest challenge to the Obama administration’s intensifying regulatory actions, a coalition of free-market and conservative organizations is calling on state governments to resist the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. In a December letter [...]
by Jean Chemnick, E&E reporter Greenwire A conservative group sued the Energy Department this week for documents on a major carbon capture and storage project in a bid to chip away at a key component of U.S. EPA's draft rule for curbing greenhouse gases from new power plants. The Energy & Environment Legal Institute filed [...]
by Laurence H. Tribe Op-Ed, Wall Street Journal The EPA acts as though it has the legislative authority to re-engineer the nation’s electric generating system and power grid. It does not. As a law professor, I taught the nation’s first environmental law class 45 years ago. As a lawyer, I have supported countless environmental causes. [...]
by Erica Werner Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pledged on Wednesday to do all he can to stop President Barack Obama's coal plant regulations, saying a White House "crusade" has devastated his state's economy. The Environmental Protection Agency "has created a depression in my state and it's done [...]
by Michael Bastasch The Daily Caller The Environmental Protection Agency may delay a contentious rule mandating carbon capture technology for coal-fired power plants, according to news reports... TheDCNF was also told by sources that comments filed about the regulation from opposition groups have cast further doubts on the legality of EPA’s CCS mandate. In particular, [...]
Climate Daily News Significant construction delays and massive cost overruns at Southern Company's proposed Kemper carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Mississippi are creating problems for EPA's new source performance standards (NSPS) setting greenhouse gas (GHG) limits at new power plants, which relies on the project to justify a controversial GHG standard for new [...]
Today, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute joined Americans for Prosperity, and several other organizations in an open letter to state legislators urging them to pass the Reliable, Affordable and Safe Power (RASP) Act. The RASP Act is aimed at pushing back on "the Environmental Protection Agency proposed unprecedented regulation on our nation’s energy producers and [...]
