Obama Unveils Final Clean Power Plan, But Will it Survive Court Challenge?
Obama Unveils Final Clean Power Plan, But Will it Survive Court Challenge?
SUGAR LAND--August 5, 2015--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As expected, the Obama administration's release of the finalized Clean Power Plan (CPP) on August 3 was met with sharp criticism by Republican lawmakers and coal interests, but enthusiastic support from environmental activists and clean-air advocates. The plan, the first time the federal government has regulated emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants, has been under development for at least two years. An earlier draft rule drew more than 4.3 million comments.
Within this article: Reactions, both political and industrial, to President Barack Obama's new Clean Power Plan.
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