Pruitt Hedges On Future Utility GHG Rules Even As EPA Readies CPP Repeal

May 25, 2017
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is continuing to hedge about whether and how precisely the agency plans to address greenhouse gases (GHG) from existing power plants after it rescinds the Clean Power Plan (CPP), even as reports indicate the agency is poised to float a plan for repealing the Obama-era rule. His May 24 remarks at an energy and environment forum hosted by Faegre Baker Daniels appear to second guess the scope of existing statutory tools for curbing GHGs and also...


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