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Climate policy is expensive, but so is climate change

Harvard Law School Professor Richard Lazarus points out that “the actual cost of pollution controls have . . . almost always proved to be less than those industry projected in initially opposing their imposition.”

August 5, 2019

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Trump touts environmental policies, but says nothing of climate change

Trump touts environmental policies, but says nothing of climate change.

July 9, 2019

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High-stakes legal fight looms over Trump pollution rule

Joseph Goffman, one of the original drafters of the CAA and a former associate assistant administrator for climate in EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation under Obama, said the EPA is taking “an extremely limited read” of the law.

June 24, 2019

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Trump admin submits final rule to kill Obama Clean Power Plan

Joseph Goffman, the former associate assistant administrator for Climate in EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, said the new rule would actually force states to invest in upgrading coal fired plants, instead of letting them retire.

June 20, 2019

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Watering down water protection

Although the Trump administration and lobbyists stoked fears among farmers that government authorities would regulate ditches and ponds, the reality is that the Clean Water Act and associated regulations already contained “generous carve-outs for farmers”, according to Caitlin McCoy at Harvard Law School.

December 19, 2018

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Trump seeks to overhaul signature Obama climate policy: report

August 18, 2018