Friday, October 6, 2017

Exclusive: EPA Document Proposes to Eliminate Clean Power Plan ‘in Its Entirety’



Exclusive: EPA Document Proposes to Eliminate Clean Power Plan ‘in Its Entirety’
by Sean Moran 6 Oct 2017
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to repeal the agency’s Obama-era climate change program, the Clean Power Plan (CPP), “in its entirety,” according to a document obtained by Breitbart News.

The 43-page document, titled, “Repeal of Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stations Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units” details how the EPA plans to repeal CPP through a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). This version of the document obtained by Breitbart News remains subject to change through inter-agency review.

The agency contends that the EPA, under former Administrator Gina McCarthy, exceeded its authority to regulate carbon emissions as stipulated by the Clean Air Act. The document proposes to eliminate the Clean Power Plan, and then suggested that they might release an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that will reflect a more thoughtful and modest approach to regulating air pollution given the EPA’s limited statutory authority.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March ordering a review of the Clean Power Plan as well as other environmental regulations. Instead of Obama’s stifling energy regulations, the Trump administration will promote policies that favor American “energy dominance.”

The Obama administration designed the Clean Power Plan to lower carbon emissions from existing power plants by 2030 to 32 percent below 2005 levels. Conservatives widely viewed the Clean Power Plan, along with the Paris Climate Treaty, to be part of Obama’s “war on coal.”

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt criticized the Clean Power Plan earlier this year, calling the regulation, “unlawful.” Pruitt said, “This is an effort to undo the unlawful approach the previous administration engaged in,” he said of the president’s executive order, “and to do it right going forward with the mindset of being pro-growth and pro-environment.”

Myron Ebell, the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) director of Energy and Environment programs and Trump administration EPA transition chair, argued that the Clean Power Plan remains illegal and would do devastating harm to the average American. Ebell said, “In particular, we applaud his action to begin withdrawing the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules, including the so-called ‘Clean Power’ Plan. These rules, which are clearly illegal, would raise electric rates for consumers significantly and do immense economic damage to the heartland states where U.S. manufacturing is now concentrated.”

The EPA document declares that they are “proposing to repeal the CPP in its entirety.”

The EPA contends in the document, under former Administrator Gina McCarthy, exceeded its statutory authority under the Clean Air Act to force states and power plants to comply with the Clean Power Plan’s regulation to lower carbon emissions.

Over 150 interested parties sued the EPA, including 27 states, 24 trade associations, 37 rural electric co-ops, and three labor unions sued the former EPA administration in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing that the CPP was unconstitutional. A bipartisan group of 34 Senators and 171 members of the House filed an amicus brief arguing that the CPP was illegal and skirted Congress’ authority to legislate on environmental issues.

In February 2016, the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the CPP pending further review. On August 8, 2017 the court issued an order holding the case in abeyance for a 60-day review and directed the EPA to file status updates at 30-day intervals.

In March, President Donald Trump issued an executive order which the document cites, which affirms the “national interest to promote clean and safe development of our Nation’s vast energy resources, while at the same time avoiding regulatory burdens that unnecessarily encumber energy production, constrain economic growth, and prevent job creation.”

The Executive order also directed the EPA to “immediately review existing regulations that potentially burden the development or use of domestically produced energy and appropriately suspend, revise, or rescind, those that unduly burden the development of domestic energy resources beyond the degree necessary to protect the public interest or otherwise comply with the law.” Subsequently, the EPA conducted a review of its environmental regulations, including the agency’s Clean Power Plan.

The EPA contends that their initial review of the CPP “raised substantial concerns that the CPP is not consistent with the policy articulated in Section 1 of the Executive Order.”

The EPA explained, “For example, numerous States, regulated entities and other stakeholders warned that the CPP threatened to impose massive costs on the power sector and consumers; invaded traditional areas of state regulation over the mix of energy generation within their borders, departed radically from prior regulatory practice and longstanding reading of the statute; and did not adequately ensure the national interest in affordable, reliable electricity, including from coal generation.”

The EPA contends in the proposed rulemaking that the EPA’s ability to “revisit existing regulations is well-grounded in the law.” The document cites Chevron U.S.A. v. NRDC, Inc., National Cable & Telecommunications Ass’n v. Brand X Internet Services, and the Clean Air Council v. Pruitt cases to argue that the agencies have broad discretion to reconsider agency regulations at any time.

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) contains a cost-benefit analysis that examines repealing Obama’s Clean Power Plan. The EPA estimates that repealing CPP would provide up to $33 billion in avoided compliance costs in 2030.

EPA Administrator Pruitt’s Scott decision to eliminate Obama’s Clean Power Plan serves as part of President Trump’s agenda to unravel Obama’s environmental legacy and pursue an America First policy of “energy dominance.”

In May, President Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord. The president said, “In order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.” Trump cited that the Paris Climate Accord alone could cost America 2.7 million lost jobs by 2025. Similarly to the Clean Power Plan, Obama acted unilaterally without the consent of Congress and the American people to implement his climate agenda through the Paris Climate Accord.

Now EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who was one of the first Attorneys General to sue the EPA over the Clean Power Plan, can start to repeal one of Obama’s hallmark environmental programs.

EPA spokesperson Liz Bowman said in a statement to Breitbart News, “While we can’t comment on the authenticity of the document, what we can say is that the Obama Administration pushed the bounds of their authority so far that the Supreme Court issued a stay – the first in history – to prevent the so-called ‘Clean Power Plan’ from taking effect. Any replacement rule that the Trump Administration proposes will be done carefully and properly within the confines of the law.”

Let’s connect the dots:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Carol M. Browner was an administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration, a director at the Climate Reality Project, and is a director at the Center for American Progress.

Note: Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project, and was a donor for The Climate Project.
The Climate Project was a merged organization with the Climate Reality Project.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project, and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and Jim Yong Kim was a guest at his 2013 wedding, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and Doctors Without Borders.
Peter Ogden is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was a director for climate change & environmental policy, National Security staff for the Barack Obama administration.
John D. Podesta is the founder of the Center for American Progress, and was a counselor for the Barack Obama administration.
Melody C. Barnes was the EVP for the Center for American Progress, and a domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration.
Derek Douglas was an associate director of economic policy at the Center for American Progress, and a special assistant for urban affairs for the Barack Obama administration.
Brian C. Deese was a senior policy analyst for economic policy at the Center for American Progress, and an assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.
Philip J. Crowley was a director of homeland security at the Center for American Progress, and an assistant secretary of state for the Barack Obama administration.
Cassandra Q. Butts was an SVP for the Center for American Progress, and a deputy White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration.
William A. Burton was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a deputy press secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
Ronald W. Bloom was a fellow at the Center for American Progress, and an assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.
Ben Olinsky is a VP at the Center for American Progress, and was a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.
Danielle C. Gray is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was an assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.
Jocelyn C. Frye is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was a policy & projects director to Michelle Obama for the Barack Obama administration.
Ezekiel Emanuel is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was a health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Michael S. Barr is a fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was an assistant Treasury secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
Tom Daschle is the chairman for the Center for American Progress, was the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Austan D. Goolsbee was a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a director, Economic Recovery Board, council of economic adviser’s chairman for the Barack Obama administration.
Bradley J. Kiley was a VP at the Center for American Progress, and a director of management and administration for the Barack Obama administration.
Jeanne Lambrew was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a deputy assistant to the president for health policy for the Barack Obama administration.
Denis McDonough was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a chief of staff; former deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Dan Restrepo was a senior fellow; former Americas Project director at the Center for American Progress, and a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.
Gene B. Sperling was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and an assistant to the president for economic policy for the Barack Obama administration.
Peter Swire was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration.
Richard R. Verma was a fellow at the Center for American Progress, and an assistant secretary of state for the Barack Obama administration.
Jennifer M. Palmieri was an SVP at the Center for American Progress, a communications director, assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration, and the president of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun Control” for guns, and is an affiliated advocacy group with the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Center for American Progress Action Fund is an affiliated advocacy group for the Center for American Progress.
Christie Hefner is a director at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Hugh Hefner’s daughter, and was the chair & CEO for the Playboy Enterprises.
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Hugh Hefner was Christie Hefner’s father, and the founder of the Playboy Enterprises.
Lawrence H. Summers was a distinguished senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama administration, is a founding member of the Climate Leadership Council, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Michael R. Bloomberg is a founding member of the Climate Leadership Council, and the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.
Marsha Garces Williams was a U.S. advisory board member for the Doctors Without Borders, and is an advisory board member for the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education. 
Bill Hornbuckle is an advisory board member for the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education, and the president & COO for the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
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Open Society Foundations was a funder for Doctors Without Borders, and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and Jim Yong Kim was a guest at his 2013 wedding.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Climate Reality Project.
The Climate Project was a merged organization with the Climate Reality Project.
Albert A. Gore Jr. was a donor for The Climate Project, and is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.
Carol M. Browner was a director at the Climate Reality Project, an administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration, and is a director at the Center for American Progress.
Peter Ogden is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was a director for climate change & environmental policy, National Security staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Joseph E. Stiglitz was a director at the Climate Reality Project, and a chief economist & SVP for the World Bank.
World Bank's Carbon Finance Unit is a division of the World Bank, and contracts to purchase emission reductions for carbon trading.
Jim Yong Kim is the president of the World Bank, and was a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding.
George Soros was married in 2013 & Jim Yong Kim was a guest, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Doctors Without Borders.   
Mark Malloch-Brown is a global board member of the Open Society Foundations, was a VP for the World Bank, and a minister of state for the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is a member of the International Carbon Action Partnership.
International Carbon Action Partnership is a coalition of governments working on carbon markets for carbon trading.
World Bank's Carbon Finance Unit is a division of the World Bank, and contracts to purchase emission reductions for carbon trading.
Jim Yong Kim is the president of the World Bank, and was a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding.
George Soros was married in 2013 & Jim Yong Kim was a guest, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, and the Doctors Without Borders.
Marsha Garces Williams was a U.S. advisory board member for the Doctors Without Borders, and is an advisory board member for the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education. 
Bill Hornbuckle is an advisory board member for the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education, and the president & COO for the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
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