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(If) Things Fall Apart: Searching For Optimal Regulatory Solutions To Combating Climate Change Under Title I Of The Existing Clean Air Act If Congressional Action Fails, Timothy J. Mullins, M. Rhead Enion

Timothy J Mullins

The prospects for a Congressional climate change bill have lessened since the Copenhagen summit. If the legislative process fails, EPA may have a number of options available under the existing Clean Air Act to create a cap-and-trade program that could, in many ways, mimic a Congressionally-created regime. Under Title I in particular, EPA could have this type of authority under the NAAQS program (§§ 107–110) or the New Source Performance Standards and existing source regulation (§ 111(b) and (d)). This Article analyzes the potential of both of these sections and their associated regulatory programs to create a large-scale cap-and-trade program …