On October 23, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency published its final rule known as the Clean Power Plan, a state-centered plan to reduce carbon emissions from fossil-fueled power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution. The Clean Power Plan, … Continue reading
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Third Circuit dishes up Section 126(b) hors d’ouvre while everyone waits to learn whether a CSAPR entree is on the menu
Late last week, in GenOn REMA, LLC v. EPA, No. 12-1022 (3d Cir., Opinion filed July 12, 2013), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a rule imposing emissions limits and compliance schedules on a single Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant. … Continue reading
Clearing the air: settlement reached in Pennsylvania PM2.5 litigation
Late in March, EPA lodged a consent decree with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that brings the agency one step closer to settling a lawsuit with local environmental group Clean Air Council and brings the Pittsburgh … Continue reading