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Offline rangerrebew

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EPA’s CCS requirement is illegal; The agency blocked its Science Advisory Board from saying so 10 ye
« on: May 16, 2023, 10:49:23 am »
EPA’s CCS requirement is illegal; The agency blocked its Science Advisory Board from saying so 10 years ago

EPA proposed today that utilities stop burning coal and natural gas by 2040 unless power plants can be outfitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The agency tried mandating CCS 10 years ago, but its Science Advisory Board got in the way. So EPA killed SAB review of CCS.

After EPA’s September 2013 proposal to mandate CCS for new coal plants, a working group of the EPA’s SAB recommended the full SAB review the practicality of CCS:

https://junkscience.com/2023/05/epas-ccs-requirement-is-illegal-the-agency-blocked-its-science-advisory-board-from-saying-so-10-years-ago/#more-108353
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Re: EPA’s CCS requirement is illegal; The agency blocked its Science Advisory Board from saying so 1
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2023, 09:43:01 pm »
IF this is to stick, the issue is going to have to go before the U.S. Supreme Court...
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