"E.P.A. Says It Will Write a New Carbon Rule, but No One Can Say When"

"WASHINGTON — When Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, signed a blueprint Tuesday to eliminate a major Obama-era climate change regulation, the text said the agency would at some point consider a new rule to ratchet down greenhouse gas emissions.

But those adept at reading between the lines of dense federal documents say the subtext reads more like: 'Don’t hold your breath.'

Industry leaders and environmental activists predict that when the Trump administration formalizes its plan to repeal the Clean Power Plan, nothing will take its place for possibly years to come. The E.P.A. said it would seek public comment on how to fashion a more modest measure to address pollution from power plants, although the agency has not said when it would do so."

Lisa Friedman reports for the New York Times October 10, 2017.

SEE ALSO:

"The Myth That ‘Business’ Hated Obama’s Clean Power Plan" (Atlantic)

"Clean Power Plan: The Next Big Battlegrounds" (ClimateWire)

"It’s Not Regulation That’s a Threat to Jobs, It’s Climate Change" (The Intercept)

"Coal War Games: How Pruitt and Perry are Working the System to Save Dirty Energy" (InsideClimate News)