Clean Air – Page 3 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Regulatory Tracker

Corporate Average Fuel Economy Penalties

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published a final rule withdrawing the January 14, 2021, interim final rule and reverting to the December 2016 final rule.

June 24, 2024

Legal Analysis

Compliance Timing for EPA’s Power Sector Rules for Coal-Fired Power Plants

June 16, 2024

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Final CO2 Standards for the Power Sector: Robust Regulatory Record Sets the Stage for Legal Challenges

A review the legal basis for EPA’s final rule and summary of the final standards. Plus a look at anticipated legal challenges to the final rule.

May 7, 2024

Regulatory Tracker

New Source Review

The NSR program is a long-established set of Clean Air Act rules that safeguards communities from increases in pollution when a new facility is built or an existing facility is modified.

May 3, 2024

Quick Takes

Timelines of EPA’s Final Rules to Reduce Climate Changing Pollution from Power Plants

April 25, 2024

Regulatory Tracker

Power Plant Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Rule

Power plants and other industrial sources emit more pollution as they start up, shut down, or when they malfunction (SSM) than during normal operations. These periods of higher pollution have negative effects on air quality and human health.

September 19, 2023

Legal Analysis

EPA’s Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Power Plants are Consistent with Statutory Factors and Market Trends

Compliance timelines and state plans, EPA’s environmental justice analysis, and impacts of the proposal on climate change, public health, and grid reliability.

May 19, 2023

Quick Takes

EPA Reaffirms it is Appropriate and Necessary to Limit Hazardous Air Pollution from Power Plants

On March 6, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its rule reaffirming that it is appropriate and necessary to regulate hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from coal- and oil-fired power […]

April 13, 2023

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw — The Good Neighbor Plan for Interstate Ozone Pollution with Carrie Jenks and Hannah Oakes Dobie

In this episode, our Executive Director Carrie Jenks and Staff Attorney Hannah Oakes Dobie talk about EPA’s latest regulation to address interstate ozone pollution, the “Good Neighbor Plan.” Hannah and Carrie discuss how […]

April 6, 2023