by Lachlan Markay Washington Free Beacon A prominent left-wing group helped formulate Environmental Protection Agency talking points designed to sell a controversial regulatory scheme to skeptical journalists, internal emails show. The emails show Joseph Goffman, the senior counsel of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, circulating talking points from Center for American Progress climate strategy [...]
by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow As Appearing in the Flash Point Report Last week, Pope Francis called for a cultural revolution to correct what he calls the “structurally perverse” economic system of the rich exploiting the poor that is turning Earth into an “immense pile of filth.” Under the sub-heading “Climate as [...]
by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As appearing in the Missoulian The idea of Montana doing things “the California way” doesn’t make much sense. Unfortunately, Montanans might not have a choice if the Obama administration has its way. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon finalize the Clean Power Plan, [...]
by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As appearing in the Las Vegas Review-Journal The idea of Nevada doing things “the California way” doesn’t make much sense. Unfortunately, Nevadans might not have a choice if the Obama administration has its way. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will soon finalize the Clean [...]
by Chaim Mandelbaum FME Law Counsel From the moment the whispers of EPA’s new Carbon Pollution Standards were heard, a legal challenge was apparent. As EPA heads toward zero hour, when it will finalize the Clean Power Plan, the agency has managed to only delay the first legal challenge. A three Judge panel of the [...]
by Marlo Lewis Cooler Heads Blog “EPA appears to have dropped its controversial requirement that new coal plants install partial carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) from its draft final new source performance standards (NSPS) that it recently sent to the White House for interagency review, according to one informed source,” Dawn Reeves reported last week [...]
by James Sawhill, Guest Essay Watts Up With That The EPA’s attempt to harness new coal-fired power plant constructions has been exposed as ideological rather than legal. The EPA further ignored the Department of Energy’s (DOE) earlier conclusion that carbon capture and storage (CCS) has not been “adequately demonstrated.” [1] Thanks to commentary from The [...]
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 [...]
by Chaim Mandlebaum FME Law Counsel On April 30th 2015, the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy and WCVE PBS Richmond hosted a debate on climate change and the future. The debate was titled “Living with Climate Change” and it featured the Glen Besa, Executive Director of the Virginia Sierra Club debating with Dr. David Schnare, [...]
