This post is the second in a series on four key power plant rules that the Environmental Protection Agency recently released. It discusses the rule on requirements governing disposal of coal combustion residuals at inactive...more
5/6/2024
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EPA’s action finalizes aggressive emission reduction targets for certain subcategories of fossil fuel-fired power plants, based on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration.
On April 25, 2024, the US...more
5/1/2024
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The agency’s two recent actions introduce enhanced restrictions on hydrofluorocarbons and provide a series of compliance dates for industry stakeholders.
On October 5, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...more
EPA’s long-awaited proposal would set aggressive emission reduction targets with many different approaches and timelines to achieve them.
On May 11, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its...more
5/16/2023
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The decision will limit EPA’s options for future regulation of existing power plant GHG emissions and may have broader implications for other federal agency rulemakings.
On June 30, 2022 the US Supreme Court issued its...more
The transition from EP3 to EP4 has the potential to significantly impact new projects and expansions of existing projects financed by EPFIs in the United States and other high-income Designated Countries -
The Equator...more
The transition from EP3 to EP4, now postponed to October 1, 2020, will significantly impact projects in the United States and other high-income Designated Countries.
The Equator Principles (EPs) were recently updated and...more
EPA’s decision to forego financial requirements will likely face opposition by eNGOs.
On July 2, 2019, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposed decision not to impose new financial responsibility...more
7/17/2019
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Stakeholders interested in energy development on US tribal lands will welcome recent Department of Interior (DOI) efforts that identify a key burden to energy development on these lands — as well as the Bureau of Indian...more
Report on the agencies’ review of programs provides a roadmap to understanding which energy policies the Trump administration will revise.
Several federal agencies have now issued reports responding to Executive Order (EO)...more
11/20/2017
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On March 19, 2017, 52 new or reissued nationwide permits (NWPs) for discharges into “waters of the United States,” issued pursuant to Section 404(e) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act...more
Modifications and updates to the general permits will impact both new and ongoing projects, including in energy, mining, transportation, and construction sectors.
Key Points:
- Nationwide Permits 12 and 14, which...more
Recent executive order seeks broad repeal of Obama administration climate policies, including actions directed at the electric power sector.
On March 28, 2017, President Donald Trump signed a “Presidential Executive...more
New administration offers opportunity for engagement on attainment status and to reduce potential compliance costs of 2015 ozone standards.
Over the past four decades, compliance with the ozone National Ambient Air...more
On January 11, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) released a report, “Valuing Climate Damages: Updating Estimation of the Social Cost of Carbon Dioxider,” recommending an updated...more
On August 2, 2016, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued its final guidance for federal agencies to assess the impact of their decisions on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and also how such decisions...more
6 Answers From Around the Globe -
The historic COP-21 Paris Agreement on climate change is the first major development in the climate area at the international level since adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in...more
2/2/2016
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On December 18, 2014, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released revised draft guidance on the consideration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change in National Environmental Policy Act...more
We analyze EPA’s novel proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants as it will shape its regulation of other industry sectors.
On June 2, 2014, EPA released its long-anticipated proposal to...more
Proposed Greenhouse Gas Performance Standards for new power plants will have broader implications for Clean Air Act operating permit fees.
The public comment period will soon close on May 9, 2014 for the Environmental...more