Remove 2005 Remove Clean Air Act Remove Electricity
article thumbnail

What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Legal Planet

From 1960 to 2005, coal use grew more or less steadily by 18 million tons per year. electricity to about one-fifth today. The passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act and its major 1990 Amendments don’t show up at all in a graph of coal use. electricity use hit a ceiling , and it has risen only slightly since then.

2012 278
article thumbnail

The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Union of Concerned Scientists

EPA did not revoke EPA’s underlying authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. In short: We need to clean up the power sector as much as we can, as fast as we can, to have any chance at staving off the worst of climate impacts. And here, the Court has struck a devastating blow.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Is a Blow to Stopping Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

Once Congress passes protective laws like the Clean Air Act, agencies have generally had deference to implement those laws based on the latest scientific evidence of harms caused by pollutants and options to limit those harms. With this decision, the Court has instead hamstrung that authority.

article thumbnail

Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. The 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) provided smaller but significant air quality improvements following its implementation in 2010.

Ozone 40
article thumbnail

It’s Time to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

Legal Planet

When fully implemented, the Clean Power Plan was intended to cut carbon emissions 30% below the 2005 level by 2030. The reason why the plan has no further practical relevance is a rapid shift in the mix of sources for generating electricity. Between 2015 and 2019, the amount of electricity generated from coal dropped by a third.

2015 264
article thumbnail

President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition

PA Environment Daily

Laws Covered Laws covered by the order-- Department of Energy-- Atomic Energy Act of 1954; National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987; Energy Policy Act of 1992; Energy Policy Act of 2005; and Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

article thumbnail

A Wrong Turn for Infrastructure Permitting?

Acoel

In another example, in its regulatory impact analysis of the recent Clean Air Act rule establishing CO2 performance standards for electric generating units, EPA projects that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will lead to reductions in power sector emissions of 80% below 2005 levels by 2040.