Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

electricity to about one-fifth today. In fact, there was a surge in construction of new coal plants after 1970 due to high electricity demand. Coal began to really plunge in 2012, three years before Obama’s Clean Power Plan was issued. electricity use hit a ceiling , and it has risen only slightly since then.

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2012 2008 Clean Air Act Renewable Energy 233

Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. It marks the seventh round of NOx controls for the EGU sector since 1990. Posted on June 29, 2022 by Eugene M. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. Eugene M.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Specifically, the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) requires 27 states, including Louisiana and Texas, to make dramatic cuts in power plant emissions. Emissions reductions will take effect quickly, starting January 1, 2012 for SO2 and annual NOx reductions, and May 1, 2012 for ozone season (May-September) NOx reductions.

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Air Pollution 2011 Clean Air Act Nitrogen Oxides 40

Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

However, Petitioners have argued that the new standards exceed EPA’s authority, were adopted in an arbitrary or capricious manner, and are otherwise barred by an expansive reading of the developing “major questions doctrine” because they may have nebulous effects on national security and electric grid reliability. per year.

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Clean Air Act Air Pollution Climate Change Regulations 55

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2023

Meanwhile, between 2012 and 2022, installed wind and solar power more than tripled , according to American Clean Power. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4 In 2012, coal generated 37 percent of US electricity. Last year, wind generated 10.2 Add hydropower’s contribution of 6.2

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Fossil Fuels Carbon Emissions Nitrogen Oxides Clean Air Act 219

Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

EPA inspectors found that the two companies failed to submit timely quadrennial reports regarding their imports of five chemical substances between 2012 and 2015 under the 2016 CDR Rule. N: Memorandum from Director, Pollution Control & Clean Up Directorate, EPA Office of Inspector Gen., EPA, Pay $117,000 in Fines (Oct.

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