President Donald Trump’s EPA will unveil a plan in coming days that unravels an Obama-era regulation meant to wean the U.S. off of coal power plants in favor of cleaner forms of energy, according to a Tuesday Politico report.
The proposal would let states write their own lax regulations, or opt out of regulations altogether, for coal-burning power plants. The EPA has reportedly acknowledged that the new proposal would result in increased levels of greenhouse gas emissions and pollutants, undermining President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
The plan essentially will disregard regulations to let the plants burn more coal at a cost-efficient pace, thus encouraging businesses to use them instead of sources that don’t harm the environment.
Per Politico, environmental activists and Democratic states plan to fight the proposal when it is finalized. The EPA reportedly plans to argue that the Obama-era regulation would illegally regulate the power sector, and that the costs of compliance would be insurmountable.
Coal-burning, right up there with all out thermonuclear war, is a bad idea. Given our large coal-burning legacy and the damage it has inflicts, this would be the time to ban the stuff outright.
“The EPA reportedly plans to argue that the Obama-era regulation would illegally regulate the power sector, and that the costs of compliance would be insurmountable.”
Short term greed, long term consequences.
IF the issue is to keep coal alive then, no. Rump’s EPA can allow coal power plants to run in the middle of downtown Boston and “roll coal” in the Back Bay and it’s not going to save the industry.
IF that’s what this is about. If this is just a “screw you” to Pres. Obama, then that’s kinda different.
They Converted to Natural Gas because it’s CHEAPER, they make MO MONEY MO MONEY!
Because it’s CLEANER to burn is an after thought with these Turkeys…Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Kentucky love Don The Con and his line of Greed !!! Pay To Play is the Republican WAY!!
WAKE UP AMERICA