posts tagged as clean power plan

Trump Undoes Obama’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

In 2012, the Obama administration issued rules ordering carmakers to improve the average miles per gallon of their car fleets (the Corporate...

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EPA Proposes Rule to Replace Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Former President Obama’s signature regulation to comply with his goals for the Paris agreement was the so-called Clean Power Plan that required...

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“Affordable Clean Energy” Rule a Good First Step

WASHINGTON — The Institute for Energy Research is pleased President Trump has acknowledged the disastrous impact Obama's Clean Power Plan (CPP) would...

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Regulation and Economic Growth

A recent New York Times article reported on some U.S. businesses that are getting increasing investment in light of the Trump Administration’s...

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Rescinding Clean Power Plan a Positive Step Toward Free Market for Electricity

This article was printed in the December issue of POWER magazine. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in early October announced it would rescind yet...

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How to Increase U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Close Nuclear Power Plants

Since 2012, carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector declined by 10.5 percent, but those emissions reductions could be obliterated if...

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