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'Clean Power Plan'

Trump administration pushes for dirtier air, Sierra Club protests, Rutledge cheers

Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Donald Trump, is forging ahead with a plan to roll back Obama-era efforts to reduce air pollution by electric power plants. It's a boon to the coal industry, for which Wheeler once lobbied. The Arkansas chapter of the Sierra Club says it's bad news.
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Ahh. The smell of burning coal

It's called the Environmental Protection. Thje Coal Industry Protection Agency is more like it.
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Pruitt says EPA will ditch Clean Power plan to reduce greenhouse gases

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt makes it official: The EPA is going to drop the Obama-era Clean Power plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The dirty air campaign cranks up

Suddenly, a campaign to do away with the EPA Clean Power Plan is in high gear, with Attorney General Leslie Rutledge naturally among those fighting for air pollution.
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Arkansas AG Rutledge praises appointment of petroleum industry ally to lead EPA

Pruitt's appointment is a disaster for the planet, if you believe what science says about climate change.

Sierra Club rips Rutledge for opposing clean air rules

Oral arguments were presented to a federal appeals court in Washington today by a group of Republican-led states, including Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, challenging the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan to reduce power plant pollution that contributes to global warming. The Sierra Club used the occasion to blast Attorney General Leslie Rutledge for fighting clean air and water rules.
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Big cases looming for Supreme Court, with vacant seat after Justice Antonin Scalia's death

Texas officials have said that Antonin Scalia died of a heart attack. His death will have an immediate impact on American jurisprudence and public policy.

Regulators indicate planning for cleaner power will continue despite SCOTUS ruling

Even as the state has been fighting EPA carbon regulations in court, it's been quietly laying the groundwork for eventual compliance, just in case. This is nothing but a good thing — but it shows how spurious Arkansas's claims about the damaging effects of the Clean Power Plan really are.
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Supreme Court deals setback to climate change pact with stay of Clean Power Plan

A group of 29 states — including Arkansas — and business groups won a stay from the SCOTUS on the federal Environmental Protection Agency's effort to cap greenhouse gases emitted by power generation.

After Paris talks, UA reiterates pledge to be 'climate neutral' by 2040

The University of Arkansas announced today it's recommitting to a pledge on reducing greenhouse gas emissions as part of the landmark agreement on climate change that was reached by most of the world's nations in Paris over the weekend.
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Attorney general joins fight against clean air rule

Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has joined another lawsuit against federal efforts to promote a cleaner environment.

Confrontation vs. innovation

Arkansas took a great step in the right direction last week. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the Public Service Commission announced the state would move forward to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan. This decision gives Arkansas a unique opportunity to lead the way in the switch to clean power
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