The latest: The White House is now mulling over this proposal…which was drafted by the EPA itself. This follows the agency’s February repeal of the Endangerment Finding, the legal foundation for US greenhouse gas regulation. (Hear how hundreds of utility pros reacted to the rollback.)
And if the White House approves? Developers could build power plants quicker, and with less guardrails. Electric co-ops argue this shift is necessary to meet ballooning grid demand.
The (major) tradeoff: The power sector is the country’s biggest industrial source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Wed, Aug 26
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
NEWS: The Trump Administration might quash the EPA’s authority over power plant emissions.
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