Clean Air Act Regulations
With regulatory authority stemming from the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan targets emissions from existing power plants and outlines state-by-state reduction goals. RFF researchers are analyzing a variety of policy solutions for states to achieve compliance.
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Common Resources — Jun 19, 2023
Power-Sector Pollution Targeted by New Regulations from the US Environmental Protection Agency
Three new regulations have been announced by the US Environmental Protection Agency early this year to help achieve the policy goals of the Clean Air Act. The regulations target harmful air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.
RFF Live — May 19, 2023
Unplugging Emissions: Exploring New EPA Rules on Climate and Health
An RFF Live event examining three recent proposed and final rules on power-sector emissions from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
RFF Live — Jul 7, 2022
Climate Change and the Supreme Court: West Virginia v. EPA
A conversation on the recent Supreme Court decision and its consequences for emissions regulation and climate change efforts
Media Highlight — Apr 18, 2022
S&P Global: "US EPA's Plan for Interstate Smog Might Force Even More Early Coal Retirements"
Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw provides thoughts on EPA's pollution plan and how it may affect the US coal fleet.
Journal Article — Mar 15, 2022
Looking Back at 50 Years of the Clean Air Act
An article coauthored by several RFF scholars in the Journal of Economic Literature looks back at the contributions of the Clean Air Act to the vast air quality improvements seen since 1970.
Explainer — Mar 16, 2021
Federal Climate Policy 103: The Power Sector
Federal Climate Policy 103: The Power Sector
Working Paper — Jul 18, 2019
Carbon Standards Re-Examined: An Analysis of Potential Emissions Outcomes for the Affordable Clean Energy Rule and the Clean Power Plan
A new analysis calls into question the assumptions and conclusions in EPA’s cost-benefit analysis of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule.
Journal Article — Apr 9, 2019
The Affordable Clean Energy Rule and the Impact of Emissions Rebound on Carbon Dioxide and Criteria Air Pollutant Emissions
The Affordable Clean Energy Rule and the Impact of Emissions Rebound on Carbon Dioxide and Criteria Air Pollutant Emissions
RFF Live — May 19, 2023
Unplugging Emissions: Exploring New EPA Rules on Climate and Health
An RFF Live event examining three recent proposed and final rules on power-sector emissions from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
RFF Live — Jul 7, 2022
Climate Change and the Supreme Court: West Virginia v. EPA
A conversation on the recent Supreme Court decision and its consequences for emissions regulation and climate change efforts
Workshop — Mar 30, 2022
Looking Back: Using Retrospective Analysis to Improve Federal Environmental Regulation
A workshop featuring "ex post" analyses of the benefits and costs of federal environmental regulations
RFF Live — Jun 27, 2019
CPP vs. ACE: Evaluating the Economic and Legal Impacts
Examining the economic and legal implications of the ACE rule
Common Resources — Jun 19, 2023
Power-Sector Pollution Targeted by New Regulations from the US Environmental Protection Agency
Three new regulations have been announced by the US Environmental Protection Agency early this year to help achieve the policy goals of the Clean Air Act. The regulations target harmful air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.
Resources Magazine — Jun 15, 2020
The Rise and Fall of Clean Air Act Climate Policy
RFF University Fellow Nathan Richardson shares his take on whether the Clean Air Act can serve as a viable vehicle for broad climate policy. Spoiler: Nope, probably not.
Resources Radio — Oct 15, 2019
Candidate Tracker: The Big Picture on Candidates’ Climate Policy Plans, with Joseph Aldy
In the first installation of Resources Radio's candidate tracker series, Joseph Aldy gives an analytical overview of the 2020 presidential candidates' climate policies.
Resources Radio — May 21, 2019
How the Trump Administration’s ACE Rule Affects Emissions, with Amelia Keyes
Daniel Raimi talks with Amelia Keyes about her recent research on the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule.
Media Highlight — Apr 18, 2022
S&P Global: "US EPA's Plan for Interstate Smog Might Force Even More Early Coal Retirements"
Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw provides thoughts on EPA's pollution plan and how it may affect the US coal fleet.
Media Highlight — Jan 11, 2022
Justices' 'Major Questions' Focus in OSHA Case May Upend EPA GHG Rules
A story in Inside EPA dives into an issue discussed in RFF's first event of the year, "Big Decisions 2022."
Media Highlight — Nov 10, 2020
Biden EPA Likely to Confront Tough Clean Air Act Choices for US Power Sector
Biden EPA Likely to Confront Tough Clean Air Act Choices for US Power Sector
Media Highlight — Jun 19, 2019
"Trump EPA finalizes rollback of key Obama climate rule that targeted coal plants"
Resources for the Future is cited in a Washington Post article on the Affordable Clean Energy rule.