Leaked Talking Points On CPP Replacement Stress GHG Cuts, NSR Relief

A leaked copy of White House talking points to support EPA's proposal to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan (CPP) shows that the administration intends to stress that greenhouse gases will continue to fall under the new rule and that the agency is giving permitting relief to plants that make efficiency upgrades to cut GHGs. But the rule's exemptions from strict new source review (NSR) permitting requirements to install state-of-the-art conventional pollution controls could ultimately lead to increases in conventional...