Future Administration Could Face 'Heavy Lift' In Rescinding Climate ESPS

A future administration opposed to EPA's climate rules for power plants would face a “heavy lift” to completely rescind the regulations, sources say, though it might have other tools to undermine the policy and the effort may not be as difficult as EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has suggested it would be. McCarthy, during an event held shortly after the greenhouse gas (GHG) rule for existing plants was finalized Aug. 3, said the rule is “a pretty solid obligation,” and that...