Environmentalists prepare to challenge final ACE rule

Environmentalists are ramping up their criticism of EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) power plant greenhouse gas rule that could be finalized next week, arguing the proposed version of the rule violates the Clean Air Act and warning of efforts by EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to frame the final rule in a better light than the draft version. Speaking on a June 11 press call, Megan Ceronsky of the Center for Applied Environmental Law & Policy criticized EPA’s “cramped definition” of...