EPA dismantles Obama’s Clean Power Plan, says move will save $33 billion
By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times - Tuesday, October 10, 2017
The Trump administration on Tuesday formally moved to ax the Clean Power Plan (CPP), beginning a lengthy process to dismantle a key Obama-era climate rule and arguing that the repeal will save $33 billion in compliance costs over the next 13 years.
In a statement, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said the plan, designed to limit carbon emissions from power plants and cut down on the use of coal in the U.S., is inconsistent with federal law, and that the previous administration far exceeded its authority.
“The Obama administration pushed the bounds of their authority so far with the CPP that the Supreme Court issued a historic stay of the rule, preventing its devastating effects to be imposed on the American people while the rule is being challenged in court,” Mr. Pruitt said in a statement. “We are committed to righting the wrongs of the Obama administration by cleaning the regulatory slate. Any replacement rule will be done carefully, properly, and with humility, by listening to all those affected by the rule.”
The CPP never actually went into effect as a result of the Supreme Court’s stay — a legal challenge brought by Mr. Pruitt while he was Oklahoma’s attorney general, along with a host of other litigants from states and the energy industry. ... washingtontimes.com |
