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Legal Planet
DECEMBER 9, 2021
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.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 20, 2023
All across the country, coal- and gas-fired power plants are still running, still polluting, and still showing signs of staying relentlessly online. Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 3, 2022
The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage. The West Virginia v.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 21, 2024
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. These incentives aren’t just historically important.
Law Columbia
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
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. Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives.
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 EN: These standards—or at least something based on the same Clean Air Act provision—have been in the works for a long time.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Wind power, solar energy, and battery storage together make up over 95% of the new or planned projects currently seeking grid interconnection nationally, with natural gas accounting for the remainder, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Gas and renewables often go hand in hand.
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