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Political Opposition to Clean Power Plan Looms Large, Experts Say
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Clean Power Plan (CPP) is likely to be complicated at least as much by political and legal opposition as by technological challenges in reducing carbon emissions, several speakers at POWER magazine’s inaugural conference on legal issues… Read More

Climate Change Litigation: Implications for States and Power Generators
Climate change litigation in the U.S. has far outpaced climate litigation in any other jurisdiction. In fact, according to Teri Donaldson, partner with DLA Piper, more lawsuits concerning climate change have been decided or settled in the U.S. than in… Read More

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Don’t Fear the Clean Power Plan, Chief EPA Lawyer Says
The power sector should view the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) recent drive to tighten regulations on air and water emissions as an opportunity to improve its efficiency and environmental footprint rather than as an obstacle, said EPA General Counsel Avi… Read More

AEP to Withdraw From ALEC, Cut Funding for Clean Coal Coalition
American Electric Power (AEP), one of the biggest coal generators in the U.S., is withdrawing funds and staff resources from heavy lobbying efforts against the Clean Power Plan, sinking them instead into preparations for compliance with the controversial climate rule.… Read More

Europe’s New Coal Curtain: Eastern Europe Embraces Coal as Western Europe Deserts It—and Russia Is Still All In
This story is being written as world leaders gather in Paris for the COP-21 climate summit. Much of the reason they are meeting is because of the widespread burning of coal and the resulting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that are… Read More

Unintended Consequences from EPA Rules
New rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have several unintended consequences for the power sector, an expert said at a POWER magazine event on Dec. 7. Floyd Self, an attorney with Florida-based law firm Berger Singerman, said that the bevy… Read More

Nuclear Rescue Initiative Launched to Slash Operating Costs, Improve Economic Viability
Shaken financially by low natural gas prices and subsidized renewables, the nuclear industry has launched a new initiative to reduce nuclear power plant operating costs to make them more economically viable. Industry group the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) said on… Read More

Amid “Corporate Welfare” Flak, FirstEnergy Gets Davis-Besse Extension
FirstEnergy Corp., which may enter into a settlement with Ohio to safeguard the future of its Davis-Besse nuclear plant—a deal critics have blasted as "corporate welfare"—just got the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's permission to operate the 1978-built reactor until 2037. The… Read More

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