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State lawmakers push back against EPA’s Clean Power Plan in Fla., Minn.

Via E&E Publishing: Scott Detrow A growing number of state legislatures are trying to insert themselves into the debate over crafting plans to comply with U.S. EPA’s unprecedented effort to lower the carbon footprints of state power sectors. Pennsylvania and West Virginia have already enacted laws giving their legislative chambers veto power over the proposals […]

Barrasso Joins Push Calling on States to ‘Just Say No’ to Power Rule

Via E&E Publishing: Jean Chemnick, E&E reporter Senate Republican Policy Chairman John Barrasso last night became the latest GOP senator to call on states to boycott implementation of U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan, arguing in an email memo that doing so would undermine the controversial rule. The Wyoming Republican echoed the theme of Senate Majority […]

Debate Grows Louder Over States Saying ‘No’ to Clean Power Plan

Via Energy & Environment Publishing: Jean Chemnick, E&E reporter Foes of U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan are weighing the legal and political pros and cons of a “just say no” approach to the draft rule aimed at curbing heat-trapping greenhouse gases from power plants. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell last week urged states to not […]

GOP’s ‘Just Say No’ Climate Strategy Stirs Doubts for EPA

Via Politico: By Erica Martinson Supporters of President Barack Obama’s climate regulations are getting worried EPA may have few tools to use if states decide to follow conservatives’ advice and refuse to cooperate with the agency on climate change regulations. Questions abound about how the agency would impose its own climate plans on behalf of […]

EPA Imposes Costly Power Plan on Tennessee, All States

Via The Tennessean: American households and businesses currently reaping the benefits of low oil prices may soon lose them to higher electricity bills. For this, we can thank an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan designed to replace low cost power supplies with more expensive and less reliable ones. A growing number of energy experts, including […]

State Officials to Lock Horns on the Clean Power Plan

Via E&E Publishing: Jean Chemnick, E&E reporter The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hear this week from states weighing how — and whether — to implement U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan. The five officials who will address the panel Wednesday are from state agencies and public utility commissions tasked with writing and advising […]

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PUC Chair Blasts EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Via Texas Lawyer: Donna Nelson, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, doesn’t mince words about her views concerning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan. On March 2, she gave a speech titled “Power, the EPA and Texas” at the Texas Tech Law School’s Energy Law Series and said that the […]

McConnell to States: Don’t Comply with EPA Climate Rule

Via The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging state officials not to comply with the Obama administration’s signature climate rule. McConnell, a stringent opponent of the regulation, said states should not submit a design plan for limiting carbon pollution from existing power plants. “The regulation is unfair. It’s probably illegal. And state […]