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EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rules Are Critical—and Complex. Here’s What to Know, and What to Watch.

Union of Concerned Scientists

Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. EPA ruling, EPA can still establish rigorous carbon emissions standards.

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What Should EPA Do After Repealing the Clean Power Plan?

Legal Planet

It attempted to move away from fossil fuels and toward zero-carbon sources like solar power to supply electricity. Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants. The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Washington Supreme Court Invalidated Regulation of Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions.

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