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An Overview Of This Issue: Climate Change In 2009, Perry Wallace
An Overview Of This Issue: Climate Change In 2009, Perry Wallace
Perry Wallace
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Climate Change, The Clean Air Act, And Industrial Pollution, Alice Kaswan
Climate Change, The Clean Air Act, And Industrial Pollution, Alice Kaswan
Alice Kaswan
EPA has braved controversy by applying the Clean Air Act (CAA) to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources, including utilities and industry. Because GHG controls inevitably affect combustion, they will impact traditional pollutants (termed “co-pollutants”). The Article first argues, as a threshold matter, that co-pollutant consequences are relevant to climate policy choices, and that considering those consequences will lead to improved environmental, administrative, and economic outcomes. It then reviews the CAA’s stationary source provisions and EPA’s implementation of them to date, discussing both the CAA’s potential and its limitations.
Moving beyond the CAA on its own terms, the Article …