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States Should Think Twice Before Refusing Any Response to EPA’s Clean Power Rules
Posted on 14 Apr 2015 by Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

The date is approaching for EPA to finalize its rules for controlling carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, and states are contemplating their responses to those rules. A number of commentators have recommended that states “just say... Read More

New EPA Rule Regulates Coal Ash As Non-Hazardous
Posted on 26 Feb 2015 by E. Lynn Grayson

By E. Lynn Grayson The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the first national regulations to provide for the safe disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) from coal-fired power plants which will be regulated under... Read More

Tags: hazardous , coal , Plant , power , ash , waste , EPA

MATS Corrections
Posted on 12 Feb 2015 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

By Laura M. Goldfarb , Member, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC. EPA is proposing to correct certain text of the final MATS Rule officially titled “National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility... Read More

Tags: coal , air , electric , Plant , emission , power , Clean , MATS

There's Gold in Them Thar Coal Plants - You Just Have to Know How to Look For It
Posted on 29 Jul 2015 by J. Wylie Donald

By J. Wylie Donald Last Tuesday night saw a few of us enjoying the charms of Virginia Beach as we recovered from a long day of coal plant demolition. (Lawyers in hard hats. Run from that.) Well, not exactly. We were attending a conference run... Read More

Peter Glaser Talks “Just Say No” Option for States on E&E TV
Posted on 26 Mar 2015 by Troutman Sanders

Should states opt to “just say no” to U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan proposal by either not submitting compliance plans or creating mechanisms that do not follow the agency’s building blocks? Peter Glaser in Troutman’s D.C.... Read More

Tags: electricity , coal , air , Plant , power , Clean

Back to the Future: EIA’s Analysis of EPA’s Clean Power Plan Concludes that Power Sector CO2 Emissions May Drop to 1980s Levels
Posted on 21 Jul 2015 by Jenner & Block Corporate Environmental Lawyer

In June 2014, EPA issued its proposed Clean Power Plan to regulate CO2 emissions from existing power plants under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this statute: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ]. The Clean... Read More

The Constitutional Foundation for the Clean Power Plan
Posted on 16 Apr 2015 by Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

As members of Congress wisely examine the legal basis for the Clean Power Plan, they should feel confident that the Environmental Protection Agency is acting with a solid constitutional foundation. At a Tuesday hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy... Read More

Noise Can Alter the Composition of an Ecosystem
Posted on 5 May 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have reviewed the wide variety of "selection factors" than can drive evolution in a species. Now it appears that noise can alter the makeup of an entire ecosystem. Researchers have found that noise can drive away some species and... Read More

Noise Can Alter the Composition of an Ecosystem
Posted on 5 May 2012 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Prior posts have reviewed the wide variety of "selection factors" than can drive evolution in a species. Now it appears that noise can alter the makeup of an entire ecosystem. Researchers have found that noise can drive away some species... Read More