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The Clean Water Act And Power Plant Cooling Water Intake Structures, John H. Minan
The Clean Water Act And Power Plant Cooling Water Intake Structures, John H. Minan
San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law
The focus of this Article in on a subtler, but no less important, part of the climate change story involving energy and water. The focus in on the federal regulation of existing once-through-cooling (OTC) intake structures that are used by large steam electric-generating power plants. OTC, closed-cycle (CC) cooling, and dry-cooling (DC) each perform the same function, which is the removal of waste heat from the steam cycle after it has generated electricity.
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The elimination of OTC systems would have a salutatory effect on the aquatic environment because fewer marine organisms would be destroyed by impingement and entrainment. But …
Regional Climate Regulation: From State Competition To State Collaboration, Lesley K. Mcallister
Regional Climate Regulation: From State Competition To State Collaboration, Lesley K. Mcallister
San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law
States have often been theorized to act as competitors in crafting their environmental policies, engaging in either a “race to the bottom” or a “race to the top.” In the recent development of climate law, however, it is state collaboration and cooperation rather than state competition that have emerged most strongly. This Article first discusses how the theories of competitive state behavior would have predicted states to behave in the absence of federal action and describes the contrasting extent to which states have engaged in collaborative initiatives. The Article then analyzes why states have been motivated to collaborate in climate …