E.P.A. Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule

[Right_in_Virginia]

E.P.A. Announces Repeal of Major Obama-Era Carbon Emissions Rule
New York Times, Oct 9, 2017

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“The war on coal is over,” Mr. Pruitt said. “Tomorrow in Washington, D.C., I will be signing a proposed rule to roll back the Clean Power Plan. No better place to make that announcement than Hazard, Kentucky.”

The repeal proposal, which will be filed in the Federal Register on Tuesday, fulfills a promise President Trump made to eradicate his predecessor’s environmental legacy. Eliminating the Clean Power Plan makes it less likely the United States can fulfill its promise as part of the Paris climate agreement to ratchet down emissions that are warming the planet and contributing to heat waves and sea-level rise. Mr. Trump has vowed to abandon that international accord.


Read more:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/climate/clean-power-plan.html

[Right_in_Virginia]

EPA chief Pruitt announces end of Clean Power Plan
Washington Times, Oct 9, 2017

The Clean Power Plan aimed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, especially coal-burning plants, and increase renewable energy resources. States had to submit plans to the EPA on how they planned to reduce those emissions late last year. The regulation has been challenged in court on the constitutionality of the plan. In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia gave the EPA an additional 60 days to review the plan and submit their position to the court before settling on the legality of the rule.

Critics say repealing this regulation will make it impossible to meet the carbon standards propose in the Paris Climate Accord. Although President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the agreement earlier this year, some states said they have opted to stay in the agreement.

More: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/9/scott-pruitt-announces-end-clean-power-plan/

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EPA to repeal landmark Obama climate rule
By Timothy Cama and Devin Henry - 10/09/17 11:07 AM EDT

The Trump administration on Tuesday will formally propose repealing Barack Obama’s landmark climate change rule for power plants, a key part of the U.S. commitment to reduce emissions under the Paris accord.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt told a Kentucky audience on Monday that he will sign paperwork on Tuesday to repeal the rule, which he argued exceeded the previous administration’s authority and treated coal communities unfairly.

“The Clean Power Plan, it wasn’t about regulating to make things regular,” Pruitt said Monday at an event with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), to raucous applause. “It was truly about regulating to pick winners and losers.”

more
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/354531-epa-to-begin-repealing-obamas-landmark-climate-rule-tuesday

[Right_in_Virginia]

@Machiavelli

Please merge:  http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,285091.0.html

Thanks.

[Free Vulcan]

Good news. This is a national security issue to me. You can't build your baseload on alternatives and risk another event like what happened in Texas a few years back.

[Machiavelli]

Topics merged.

[RoosGirl]

Sounds like it is a long process to actually repeal the rule, still it's a step in the right direction.

[Bigun]

Way to go!  Keep swinging that hammer!

[LonestarDream]

Winning !

@don-o