Citing “immediate risks” to national security, public health and the economy, the Obama administration adopted ambitious regulations and policies to implement its Clean Power Plan, establishing the first national standards to...more
Citing “immediate risks” to national security, public health, and the economy, the Obama Administration adopted ambitious regulations and policies to implement its Clean Power Plan, establishing the first ever national...more
8/6/2015
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Energy ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Climate Change ,
Coal-Fired Generation ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Emissions Trading System ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FERC ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
National Emissions Standards ,
Natural Gas ,
Obama Administration ,
Power Plants ,
Reliability Standards ,
Renewable Energy ,
Solar Energy ,
Wind Power
A closely divided Supreme Court has determined that EPA must consider cost when regulating emissions of hazardous air pollutants from stationary sources. Under the Clean Air Act, EPA has authority to regulate toxic emissions...more
Today, a divided Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated Clean Air Act (the “Act”) decision in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA. In an opinion authored by Justice Scalia, the Court rejected EPA’s application of the Act...more
6/24/2014
/ BACT ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EPA v Utility Air Regulatory Group ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Permits ,
Power Plants ,
SCOTUS ,
Title V ,
Utilities Sector