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Carbon Quarterly – Volume 9

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Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more

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The Climate Report | Second Quarter 2024

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REGULATORY ISSUES & UPDATES - Recent Evolution of the European Regulatory Framework on Greenwashing - Two new Directives adopted by the EU in 2024—the "Empowering Consumers Directive" and the "Green Claims...more

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Currents Energy Industry Insights, V 8, Issue 5, May 2024

Welcome to the fifth 2024 issue of Currents - our e-newsletter focused on energy topics. Impact of EPA's New Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions - On April 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a set...more

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Impact of EPA's New Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

On April 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a set of rules aimed at cutting air, water, and land pollution from fossil fuel-fired plants. The rules would require existing coal-fired and new gas-fired...more

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EPA finalizes greenhouse gas emission limits for fossil fuel power plants

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EPA requires existing coal-fired power plants that plan to operate beyond 2039 and large new gas-fired power plants to achieve 90% reductions in GHG emissions by 2032....more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: V 7, Issue 11, November 2023

Pennsylvania and RGGI – Decision and Resolution - On November 1, 2023, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, in a five-judge panel decision, issued a long-awaited ruling denying the authority of the executive branch,...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: V 7, Issue 8, August 2023

What is the Hydrogen Hubbub? Hydrogen is seen by many as the fuel of the future, a substance that can provide heat through combustion, or electrical power from fuel cells, emitting only water in the process. Its potential...more

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Full of Hot Air? EPA Tries Again to Impose Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards on Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

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On 11 May 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new standards for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new and existing power plants (the Proposed Rule). EPA projects that the rule, if finalized, would...more

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EPA Proposes New Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

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The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is proposing stringent carbon dioxide emissions standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants....more

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In a Choose Your Own Adventure - Approach, EPA Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for New and Existing Power Plants

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Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency released its long-awaited proposal for New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating...more

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EPA Proposes New Power Plant Rule That Promises Major Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in the Coming Years

After weeks of hints and leaks, yesterday morning (May 11, 2023), EPA proposed a new rule regulating emissions from power plants. The proposed rule would apply to new and existing gas plants and existing coal plants—new coal...more

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New Climate Rule Aimed to Cut Power Plant Emissions by 2040

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Under the Biden Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to aggressively combat climate change. According to major media outlets, EPA will soon release a rule requiring power plants to...more

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EPA to Announce Proposed Regulation To Control GHG Emissions From Power Plants

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It has been publicly reported that the Biden Administration's EPA will shortly "announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks."  In...more

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Renewable Energy Update - 1.12.23 - #2

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The White House Council on Environmental Quality’s interim greenhouse gas emissions guidance will ease the permitting process for clean energy projects, according to renewable energy trade groups....more

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Advanced Nuclear Energy can Support a Just Transition for Communities that were Reliant on Coal

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The White House demonstrates its continued support for fossil fuel communities during the  current clean energy transition by standing up the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communicatees and Economic...more

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A Spotlight on Advanced Nuclear after the White House Climate Summit

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On April 22 and 23, President Biden hosted forty world leaders virtually at the Leaders Summit on Climate (“Climate Summit”) to employ a “whole of government” approach in the fight against climate change. ...more

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DC Circuit Vacates Affordable Clean Energy Rule, Revives Clean Power Plan

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The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit held that EPA’s interpretation that emissions controls under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act must be limited to those that can be applied “at” and “to” a stationary source was...more

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Virginia Regional Carbon Trading: Ready, Set, Join RGGI!

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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cooperative effort among 10 northeastern states to cap and reduce CO2 emissions from fossil-fueled power plants. A bill passed in the 2020 Virginia General Assembly Session...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 41, November 2019

Why Everything They Say About California Fires — Including That Climate Matters Most — is Wrong - "'We’ve looked at the history of climate and fire throughout the whole state, and through much of the state, particularly...more

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Pennsylvania Joins the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

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In a move that will have a significant impact on Pennsylvania's power producers, Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order on October 3rd directing the state's Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to create...more

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Affordable Clean Energy — Or, Much Ado About Nothing

Here’s my take on the Affordable Clean Energy Plan. Who cares? On the merits, it does almost nothing. It requires only that states impose heat rate improvement requirements on coal-fired power plants. It’s not going to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

Would the Last Generator to Leave the Wholesale Competitive Energy Market Please Turn Off the Lights?

On Friday, Connecticut announced that it had reached agreement with Dominion, Eversource, and United Illuminating to keep the Millstone nuclear plant operating for 10 more years. Not coincidentally, on the same day, the six...more

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Currents - Energy Industry Insights - February 2019 #2

New Fortress Energy LNG Plant Demonstrates New York Insanity - "For those unfamiliar with the facility, the plant is a gigantic $800 million investment that will take in natural gas from the Marcellus Shale and liquefy it...more

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EPA Offers ACE Rule to Trump Clean Power Plan

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Outlined in an Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposal published on August 31, 2018, the Affordable Clean Energy ("ACE") rule would replace the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan ("CPP"). A 60-day public comment...more

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EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rule Would Require Heat Rate Improvements At Existing Power Plants

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On August 21, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a prepublication copy of its proposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule....more

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