Tag Archives: clean air transport rule
EPA’s Power Plant Rules Would Spur Job Creation
The projects would directly create about 640,000 years of work through 2015, or 128,000 full-time jobs, the study says. Another 820,000 years of work would be created indirectly, as other companies provide goods and services to the projects. Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Ceres, clean air transport rule, coal-fired power plants, EPA, jobs, Political Economy Research Institute
Leave a comment
The Two Biggest (Non-CO2) Threats to Coal Power from the EPA
The EPA effectively went into deep freeze under George W. Bush, so there’s a lot of catching up to do to keep the Clean Air Act and other environmental laws in line with the best science. Lisa Jackson’s EPA is working furiously on just that. They’ve got several irons in the fire right now. Coal-dominated utilities are terrified. Continue reading
