Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt claims the original Clean Power Plan design overstepped EPA authority. But the move to repeal and replace the plan is really about protecting Big Polluters’ bottom lines at our expense.
The US Energy Information Administration claims that even if the Clean Power Plan is not implemented, natural gas and renewable energy will nevertheless remain the primary sources of new generation capacity.
Originally published on EIA. By Laura Martin and Jeffrey Jones The Clean Power Plan (CPP) [1] rule, issued under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at existing fossil-fired electric power plants. EPA estimates that the … [continued]
The U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan has been heralded as a major step toward a low-carbon economy in the United States. But how will it impact water resources?
