The era of forcing coal companies to spend tons of money on reducing their emissions in the name of Climate Change is about over. Scott Pruitt announced today that he’ll be dumping Obama’s signature Climate Change policy tomorrow:
HAZARD, Ky. (AP) - #EPA Administrator Pruitt says administration will withdraw from Obama-era clean power plan to slow global warming
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) October 9, 2017
EPA Administrator Pruitt says in Hazard with McConnell that he's going to sign the proposed rule rolling back the Clean Power Plan tomorrow.
— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) October 9, 2017
News: EPA Admin. Scott Pruitt announced plans to withdrawal from the Clean Power Plan, Obama-era rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) October 9, 2017
Pruitt says EPA should try to "achieve better outcomes by working with industry not against industry."
— Alan He (@alanhe) October 9, 2017
Here’s more:
FOX NEWS – EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Monday that the Trump administration is moving to scrap the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s signature regulatory program to curb emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Pruitt made the announcement at an event in Hazard, Ky. He said that on Tuesday, he will sign a proposed rule to formally withdraw from the plan.
The decision comes after President Trump in late March ordered a review of the controversial program, which was put on hold more than a year ago by the Supreme Court amid legal challenges from, among others, Pruitt himself.
The Clean Power Plan aimed to reduce carbon emissions from coal-burning power plants by having states meet certain targets. Supporters see the plan as a critical plank in efforts to curb global warming, but critics contend it would kill thousands of jobs and take direct aim at the struggling coal sector.
The move to officially nix the program was expected, following Trump’s vow to end what he calls the “war on coal.” Pruitt, however, can probably expect a new wave of litigation from the other side of the debate, as environmentalist groups and allied Democrats are sure to challenge the rollback.
I’m glad to see the Trump administration doing this, but as the article suggest you can bet litigants are going to try and tie this up in activist courts for as long as possible.
It’s dumb really. What one EPA does another EPA can undo. This isn’t a matter of law, but one of regulation.