Americas > US EPA finalises ACE rule as weaker Clean Power Plan replacement, bans trading

US EPA finalises ACE rule as weaker Clean Power Plan replacement, bans trading

Published 19:44 on June 19, 2019  /  Last updated at 21:22 on June 19, 2019  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, US

The US EPA finalised its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule on Wednesday to replace the stayed Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP), with trading and biomass co-firing barred as compliance options and Democrat-led states already lining up to sue the agency.
The US EPA finalised its Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule on Wednesday to replace the stayed Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP), with trading and biomass co-firing barred as compliance options and Democrat-led states already lining up to sue the agency.


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