Category: EPA

Business Leaders Oppose Biden’s New Power Plant Rules, Which Set Lofty Climate Goals

The Biden administration released its toughest-ever rules for power plants, drawing backlash from the country’s largest business organization. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a statement on Thursday urging the administration to propose more reasonable carbon reduction goals for power plants to avoid disrupting the future power supply. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed power plant…


IN-DEPTH: Biden EPA Proposes Stringent Rules for Carbon Emissions from Coal, Oil, Natural Gas Power, Boosting Carbon Capture

After weeks of buildup, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finally unveiled a new suite of carbon emissions proposals for power produced using natural gas, coal, and oil that could spur the use of carbon capture technologies. The standards released on May 11 would impact new and old power infrastructure, including new natural gas turbines and…


Biden EPA Announces Toughest-Ever Rules for Power Plant Emissions

After weeks of buildup, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its strictest-ever rules for power produced using natural gas, coal, and oil that could spur the use of carbon capture technologies. The standards released on May 11 would impact new and old power infrastructure, including new natural gas turbines and the country’s existing coal fleet….


Manchin Vows to Block Biden EPA Nominees Over Upcoming Power Plant Rules

As the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares to issue stringent new power plant rules, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), is putting his foot down. “I fear that this Administration’s commitment to their extreme ideology overshadows their responsibility to ensure long-lasting energy and economic security and I will oppose all EPA nominees until they halt…


EPA Proposals Could Lead to Multibillion-Dollar Economic Losses for US: Study

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed regulations on air quality could end up costing the American economy billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs, said a report prepared by Oxford Economics for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). In January, the EPA proposed new standards seeking to lower fine particulate matter known…


Court Rules Against Biden, Trump EPAs on Rocket Fuel Chemical Linked to Low IQ

The U.S. Court of Appeals has overruled the Trump and Biden administrations on how much of a rocket fuel chemical linked to IQ loss can be allowed in Americans’ drinking water. The case pitted the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The May 9 rulings from a three-judge panel hinged…


Federal Agency Issues Emergency Waiver for E15 Gasoline to Boost Fuel Supply

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued an emergency nationwide waiver that allows for the sale of gasoline with higher concentrations of ethanol during the summer driving season. It’s the second year in a row that the EPA issued such an emergency rule allowing the sale of E15 gasoline, which has an ethanol content of 15…


Biden Wants World to Follow Example of New EPA Tailpipe Standards

U.S. President Joe Biden is suggesting that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new tailpipe emissions standards set a global standard at the April 20 Major Economies Forum (MEF) on energy and climate change. That’s according to senior officials who spoke to reporters on April 19. “President Biden will invite leaders to join the United States…


Biden Wants World to Follow Example of New EPA Emissions Standards

U.S. President Joe Biden is suggesting that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new tailpipe emissions standards set a global standard at the April 20 Major Economies Forum (MEF) on energy and climate change. That’s according to senior officials who spoke to reporters on April 19. “President Biden will invite leaders to join the United States…


Senators Question Feasibility of EPA’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards

Lawmakers questioned the feasibility of new vehicle tailpipe emissions proposals from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which the agency predicts will lead to the mass adoption of electric light- and medium-duty vehicles within a decade. The April 18 hearing was held by the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety of the Senate Environment…