Download or read book Cleaning up the act How coal burning utilities cope with the new environmental ground rules written by C.F. Henchek and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency s Final Rule to Regulate Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acid Precipitation written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Struggling for Air written by Richard Revesz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of the Obama Administration, conservative politicians have railed against the President's "War on Coal." As evidence of this supposed siege, they point to a series of rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency that aim to slash air pollution from the nation's power sector . Because coal produces far more pollution than any other major energy source, these rules are expected to further reduce its already shrinking share of the electricity market in favor of cleaner options like natural gas and solar power. But the EPA's policies are hardly the "unprecedented regulatory assault " that opponents make them out to be. Instead, they are merely the latest chapter in a multi-decade struggle to overcome a tragic flaw in our nation's most important environmental law. In 1970, Congress passed the Clean Air Act, which had the remarkably ambitious goal of eliminating essentially all air pollution that posed a threat to public health or welfare. But there was a problem: for some of the most common pollutants, Congress empowered the EPA to set emission limits only for newly constructed industrial facilities, most notably power plants. Existing plants, by contrast, would be largely exempt from direct federal regulation-a regulatory practice known as "grandfathering." What lawmakers didn't anticipate was that imposing costly requirements on new plants while giving existing ones a pass would simply encourage those old plants to stay in business much longer than originally planned. Since 1970, the core problems of U.S. environmental policy have flowed inexorably from the smokestacks of these coal-fired clunkers, which continue to pollute at far higher rates than their younger peers. In Struggling for Air, Richard L. Revesz and Jack Lienke chronicle the political compromises that gave rise to grandfathering, its deadly consequences, and the repeated attempts-by presidential administrations of both parties-to make things right.
Download or read book EPA s Regulation of Coal fired Power written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Given the central role of electric power in the nation's economy, and the importance of coal in power production, concerns have been raised ... about the cost and potential impact of regulations under development at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would impose new requirements on coal-fired power plants. Six of the rules ... are Clean Air Act regulations. Two others are Clean Water Act rules, and one is a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA] rule. ... All together, these rules have been characterized by critics as a regulatory "train wreck" that would impose excessive costs and lead to plant retirements that could threaten the adequacy of electricity capacity (i.e., reliability of supply) across the country, especially from now through 2017"--Summary page.
Download or read book Beyond the New Deal Coal and the Clean Air Act written by Ackerman, Bruce A and published by New Haven, Conn. : Yale Law School. This book was released on 1980 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Coal Conversion Act and the National Crude Oil Refinery Development Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Clean Power Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, and Climate Change and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Clean Air Act Reauthorization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Climate Rationality written by Jason S. Johnston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-19 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most environmental statutes passed since 1970 have endorsed a pragmatic or 'precautionary' principle under which the existence of a significant risk is enough to trigger regulation. At the same time, targets of such regulation have often argued on grounds of inefficiency that the associated costs outweigh any potential benefits. In this work, Jason Johnston unpacks and critiques the legal, economic, and scientific basis for precautionary climate policies pursued in the United States and in doing so sheds light on why the global warming policy debate has become increasingly bitter and disconnected from both climate science and economics. Johnston analyzes the most influential international climate science assessment organizations, the US electric power industry, and land management and renewable energy policies. Bridging sound economics and climate science, this pathbreaking book shows how the United States can efficiently adapt to a changing climate while radically reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Download or read book National Crude Oil Refinery Development Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Clean Air Act Reauthorization Part 3 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book CLEAN POWER ACT HEARINGS S HRG 107 570 COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC WORKS UNITED STATES SENATE 107TH CONGRESS 1ST 2ND written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of Government Regulation on the Production and Use of Coal written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Interior Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2007 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Implementation of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 title I written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
