What the Senate climate bill does to the Clean Air Act

In addition to implementing a suite of new policies, the climate bill now before the Senate — the American Power Act — would affect a number of other policies now being used to address climate change. In particular, it would revise the EPA’s authority to regulate climate pollution and state programs to reduce greenhouse gases.

How worrisome are these changes? Do they render the American Power Act “worse than nothing”? Let’s explore!

Read the whole series:

• Does the Senate climate bill “gut” the Clean Air Act?
• The Senate climate bill gives EPA authority over both old and new coal plants
• A closer look at the Clean Air Act provisions preempted by the Senate climate bill