The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued three rules on June 19 that may give utilities new reasons to consider investing in certain plant modifications and reassessing the projected lifespans of their facilities....more
The 5-4 decision temporarily blocks further execution of the EPA’s new plan to cut carbon emissions from existing power plants.
On February 9, the US Supreme Court handed a potentially significant defeat to the Obama...more
Although legal hurdles remain, EPA’s Clean Power Plan envisions sweeping changes to the electricity generation sector designed to mitigate climate change concerns through reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, and it...more
8/6/2015
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