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The Clean Power Plan was no longer in place, but if it had been, the ruling would have struck it down. [12] In 2024, the Biden Administration issued a suite of rules called the Greenhouse Gas Standards and Guidelines for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants, sometimes called the "Clean Power Plan 2.0", to replace the Clean Power Plan and ACE. [13]
Apr. 26—Elected leaders across Virginia and West Virginia as well as the nation's capitol spoke out Thursday and denounced new EPA regulations aimed at reducing air emissions by pushing for the ...
The rules will replace former President Donald Trump's American Clean Energy rule and former President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, both of which were invalidated by courts.
As part of the amended Clean Air Act (CAA), under § 7411(d) (or Section 111 in the proposed bill), Congress granted the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority to identify the "best system of emission reduction" from power generating plants or other large stationary sources, and work with states to complete implementation plans to ...
The Clean Power Plan, first proposed in 2014, was an Obama administration policy aimed at combating global warming. The plan's goal was to move away from coal and instead use renewable energy or gas to generate electricity, which would reduce particulate matter in the environment.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Wednesday that Democrats will oppose any federal spending bill that strays from the bipartisan deal announced a day prior, accusing GOP ...
In April 2024, Biden unveiled a plan to protect and restore natural water sources—3.2 million hectares of wetlands and 161,000 km of rivers and streams. [319] In the same month, the Interior Department issued a new rule that would allow 245 million acres of federal property to be leased for conservation purposes.
Aug. 22—Searing heat has pushed the U.S. power grid to the very limit this summer. The reliability of our power supply is hanging by a thread, with new power demand records set weekly. The ...