Sentences with phrase «regulating coal pollution»

Through ALEC, Duke works with state legislators to distribute anti-environmental model bills across the country that delay policy solutions to climate change, block clean energy, prevent EPA from regulating coal pollution, fasttrack coal mining projects and other dirty energy initiatives.

Not exact matches

Pruitt has repeatedly sued EPA over its efforts to regulate mercury pollution from coal fired power plants.

Defending EPA's legal authority to regulate carbon pollution from motor vehicles and stationary sources — such as coal plants — from industry attacks.

While the Court did not overturn EPA's analysis and conclusion that public health benefits of the MATS rule vastly outweigh the costs to the coal and oil industry, it did find that EPA should have first considered whether it was appropriate to regulate power plants under the Clean Air Act's hazardous air pollution safeguards.

Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a far - reaching rule that would, for the first time ever, regulate carbon dioxide emissions from America's existing coal - and gas - fired power plants — one of the biggest sources of climate pollution around.

There are two EPA rules that are putting pressure on older coal generation, the cross-state air pollution rule, which is currently on stay until further ruling, and the MATS rule, which regulates mercury and other heavy metals and is scheduled to go into effect in April 2015.

By regulating carbon emissions from existing coal plants, Obama is essentially forcing utilities to take the cost of pollution into consideration for generation fleets.

He added that even if the EPA were forced to regulate greenhouse gases, it would target emissions from coal - fired power plants and then vehicles — which combined account for about half of the nation's global - warming pollution — before requiring smaller operations to apply for new emissions permits.

Today at a well - attended energy forum hosted by Politico, I shed some light on the role of coal lobbyist Jeffrey Holmstead in blocking pollution reductions for his coal utility and mining clients after he said we can't «regulate our way to clean energy.»

Tell your Senators to urge President Obama to create the rules that will regulate coal ash, mercury, mining, soot, smog, and carbon pollution as quickly as possible.