Coal Industry

EPA Finalizes Affordable Clean Energy Rule Replacing Clean Power Plan With Weaker Standards

2019-06-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

On June 19, 2019, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, replacing the Obama-era Clean Power Plan with regulations designed to extend the lifetimes of heavily polluting coal-fired power plants. The ACE Rule established no meaningful limits on carbon pollution …

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Bush Administration Redefines Mining Waste as Fill Material to Enable Mountaintop Removal

2002-05-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

The Bush administration’s Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers jointly revise Clean Water Act regulations to classify mining debris and waste rock as “fill material” that can legally be dumped into streams and valleys. The rule change enables the coal …

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