EPA Might Pursue Narrower CPP Replacement To Pass High Court Muster

March 3, 2021
EPA could choose to pursue a narrow replacement for the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP) greenhouse gas rule for existing power plants because of concerns that a sweeping regulatory plan might not pass muster with a skeptical conservative Supreme Court, says former Obama EPA Deputy General Counsel Ethan Shenkman. During a March 1 Arnold & Porter law firm webinar on the first 100 days of the Biden administration, he noted that the first 30 days have already led to dramatic...


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