Teaching the Clean Air Act New Tricks
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 29th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Teaching the Clean Air Act New Tricks
Jody Freeman, New York Times
The Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate the nation’s approximately 550 existing power plants comes from a little-known section of the Clean Air Act known as 111(d). This section requires states to adopt performance standards for existing sources of pollution. The E.P.A. sets benchmarks that the states must meet and can improve upon.Some critics argue that the E.P.A. lacks the authority to regulate power plant pollution under this provision, but that argument is weak.
When Bushies Blew a CIA Cover, It Was “Treason”
Byron York, Examiner
Valerie Plame doesn’t deny that blowing the cover of the CIA station chief in Afghanistan is a serious matter. It’s just that, discussing the issue at a Wednesday evening forum sponsored by The Atlantic, Plame seemed to view the outing of the CIA’s top spy on the front lines in the Afghan war as more of an embarrassment than an outrage
Obama’s Bid For U.N. Secretary-General Has Begun
Democrats Won’t Run on Obamacare
Ezra Klein, Vox
The big will-they-or-won’t-they of 2014 is whether the Democrats will run on Obamacare.The case for is clear: the law overcame a rocky start to blow past expectations and sign up 8 million people in its insurance exchanges and another 3 million plus in its Medicaid expansion. It’s the Democratic Party’s most significant social policy achievement since the Great Society. It’s the Obama administration’s signature piece of legislation. And whether Democrats like it or not, they own it — so they might as well run on it.