Republicans Reprise CPP Attacks To Push Back On Biden Climate Plans

March 8, 2021
A federal appellate court may have refused to reinstate the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP), but Republican officials are increasingly reprising their criticisms of the power sector greenhouse gas rule in an effort to push back on the Biden administration’s early efforts to reduce carbon emissions from the sector and other industries. During last week’s Senate Environment & Public Works Committee (EPW) nomination hearing for Janet McCabe to serve as deputy EPA administrator, multiple GOP senators attacked her role in...


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