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Yet More Evidence That Shutting Down Coal Plants Will Not Threaten Reliability
There’s a growing — at this point overwhelming — body of evidence that it is perfectly possible to shut down the nation’s dirtiest coal plants and still keep the lights on. This won’t stop industry shills from fear mongering. Continue reading
Pollution is Not the Secret to Job Creation
Peer-reviewed articles published over the last few decades have probed the relationship between environmental regulations, employment, and economic growth. Serious economic analysis says that we need more protection, not less. Exploiting the public’s deep need for job creation to promote an anti-regulatory agenda is dishonest and dangerous. Continue reading
Even Republicans Favor the EPA Rules that Republicans Are Trying to Block
The debate over upcoming EPA regulations is a perfect microcosm of contemporary U.S. politics, in all its unreality and venality. A recent national poll found – like so many polls before it – that the public overwhelmingly supports clean air protections across demographic and party lines. On a national level, this as popular as public policy gets. Continue reading
Economists: Every $1 of Electricity from Coal Does $2 in Damage to U.S.
According to the prestigious American Economic Review, harm from coal-fired electrical plants costs more than twice as much as the electricity they generate. All told, coal plants cause $53 billion in damage every year. And none of that even takes climate impacts into account. Continue reading
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
