Tag Archives: greenhouse gases
The Energy Paradigm Has Shifted
I am very pleased to welcome guest-blogger Joe Tomain, who is Professor and Dean Emeritus at University of Cincinnati College of Law. Joe is also co-author, with regular guest-blogger Alexandra Klass and three other scholars, of a new energy law and policy text. By Joe Tomain On June 2 of this year, the Obama administration announced its Clean Power Plan […]
U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Greenhouse Gas Rules: What It Means for the U.S. Climate Agenda
Today, in Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a portion of the United States’ first regulations for greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources. The Court held that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may not apply its “Prevention of Significant Deterioration” (PSD) program to new industrial sources on […]
EPA’s New Power Sector Climate Rules: A Brewing Political and Legal Storm
Today, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed requiring all fifty states to adopt greenhouse gas controls for their existing power plants. And EPA went further, proposing that, together, states would have to cut U.S. power sector emissions to 30% of 2005 levels by 2030. (You can see a chart of how much each […]
Smooth It Out Now (or We Need Analog Climate Policy Analysis)
In my first year after university, I had five roommates who were extremely smart basketball fans. I’m your typical Minnesotan hockey player, so I had a lot to learn about basketball. I often asked my roommates questions like: Is Scott Pollard a good center? Are the Hornets hard to beat? Does zone defense work? They […]
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