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D.C. Circuit Suspends Briefing Schedule in NSPS Challenge

On Friday, the D.C. Circuit granted petitioners’ motion to suspend the briefing schedule in the petition for review of EPA’s New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for CO2 emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed power plants.  The petitioners had asked for the … Continue reading

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Petitioners in North Dakota v. EPA Seek Suspension of Briefing Schedule

Yesterday, May 24, 2016, petitioners and petitioner-intervenors in State of North Dakota v. EPA, the consolidated cases seeking D.C. Circuit review of EPA’s CO2 emission standards for new, modified, and reconstructed power plants (NSPS), filed a motion requesting that the … Continue reading

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EPA Declines to Reconsider New Source Performance Standards

UPDATED 05.06.2016 EPA’s decision was published in the Federal Register on May 6, 2016. On April 29, EPA released its denial of five petitions for reconsideration of the New Source Performance Standards, filed by Utility Air Regulatory Group, American Electric Power, Ameren … Continue reading

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California Carbon Capture Project Meets Its End

EPA’s New Source Performance Standards for new power plants finalized a standard based on highly efficient supercritical pulverized coal with partial carbon capture and storage (CCS), a change from the proposed standard based on integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) with partial … Continue reading

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Meet the Judges

Although the Clean Power Plan and New Source Performance Standard litigations are occurring on separate tracks,* the same three judge panel will be deciding the fates of both regulations.  Here’s a quick look at the panel and a few notable … Continue reading

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