Tag: clean air act
Utilities petition US Supreme Court on greenhouse gases
August 29, 2010
Earlier this month a group of major utilities, AEP, Duke Energy, Southern Company, Xcel Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority petitioned the US Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision they fear could allow judges to set caps on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in response to complaints against them by regulatory [...]
Posted: August 29th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: clean air act, GHG legislation, US Supreme Court
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USEPA Plans to Regulate GHGs via the CAA
June 6, 2010
Last month the USEPA recently issued its long-awaited “tailoring” rule, its attempt to use the Clean Air Act (CAA) to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from stationary sources (see www.epa.gov/nsr/actions).
The USEPA will use existing Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD, found in 40 CFR Part 52.21) and Title V Permitting (40 [...]
Posted: June 6th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: clean air act, climate change, EPA, greenhouse gases, PSD
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