EPA’s Clean Air Act Plan: Clean Power or Power Play?
Once again, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sparking controversy with proposed regulations that have critics saying that the agency has deliberately overreached its legal authority under the Clean Air Act.
The EPA introduced the proposed Clean Power Plan Rule in June 2014. The federal agency plan focuses on cutting greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants from 2005 levels by 30 percent by 2030.
