CLEAN POWER PLAN
Details emerge about Trump's planned rollback
The Trump administration will use a central argument from legal challengers of U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan to rescind the Obama-era climate standards.
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Emily Holden, E&E News reporter
The Trump administration will use a central argument from legal challengers of U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan to rescind the Obama-era climate standards.
Then-Administrator Scott Pruitt quoted an Old Testament prophet last fall when he ordered EPA's science advisers to choose between agency grants or their advisory posts. But EPA hasn't followed up with the same zeal in enforcing the directive across 22 advisory panels, according to interviews and email exchanges.
By Sean Reilly in Greenwire
Coal has long been the fuel of choice in the Midwest. But two utility announcements this week highlight the change underfoot in the heartland.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire
Then-Administrator Scott Pruitt quoted an Old Testament prophet last fall when he ordered EPA's science advisers to choose between agency grants or their advisory posts. But EPA hasn't followed up with the same zeal in enforcing the directive across 22 advisory panels, according to interviews and email exchanges.
By Sean Reilly in Greenwire
Coal has long been the fuel of choice in the Midwest. But two utility announcements this week highlight the change underfoot in the heartland.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire