regulation
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The Clean Air Act has been cheaper and more effective than industry predicts, again and again
For decades, industry economists have overestimated the cost of air-quality regulations. A new report finds the Clean Air Act has been a bargain.
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Industry is always wrong about the cost of air-quality regulations
Industry has wildly overestimated the cost of virtually every air-quality regulation ever. Now they're doing it again, on EPA carbon pollution regs.
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As EPA ramps up, Obama critics eye it as juicy target
Now that all the climate action has shifted to the EPA, Republican leaders are licking their lips.
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Industry wraps coal ash regulation fight in the mantle of civil rights
Some opponents of stronger coal ash regulation are trying to make their case in the language of civil rights. But their argument doesn't fly.
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An open letter to Michael Morris, CEO of American Electric Power
An open letter to a utility executive asking him to rethink his opposition to EPA climate regulations.
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Nominee Jacob Lew must take a fresh look at the broken regulatory situation
Jacob Lew heads to the hill for two Senate hearings on his nomination to be the new director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget.
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Utilities can meet EPA standards without threatening reliability
Coal utilities are trying to scare Congress into thinking that if EPA follows up with its planned regulations, electricity rates will soar and there will be reliability problems in the electricity grid. Is it true? According to a comprehensive new analysis, no.
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'Environmentalism' can never address climate change
There's been a lot of talk lately about what went wrong on the climate bill, but it's always struck me that the original wrong turn was the introduction of climate change to American politics as an "environmental issue." It is the mother of all framing errors -- the one from which all others flow.
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Can't greens and libertarians just get along on climate?
There's an interesting exchange going on between non-doctrinaire conservatives and econ/city guy Ryan Avent on climate change and innovation.