Trump’s EPA takes steps to replace Obama’s Clean Power Plan

The Trump administration’s systematic rollback of Obama era environmental policies continued  last week when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its rule to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).

Titled the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule, the Trump plan “establishes emission guidelines for states to use when developing plans to limit GHGs at their power plants,” the EPA said in a press release.

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Ken Notes: Arghhhhh!!! many of the guidelines and requirement do require burdensome, time consuming, expensive and redundant testing and reporting. This can delay, stall or even prevent a project from moving forward. The solution KEEP the objectives and work with the companies to make the process easier and faster. Many companies wand to do what is right for future generations but we often will not let them. Our power companies for example are moving toward cleaner renewable fuels yet many still point fingers saying not fast enough while at the same time making the process to change more difficult.