Scott Segal

EPA Chief Jackson to Leave U.S. Agency Early in 2013

Lisa Jackson said she will step down as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency after four years during which she led the first efforts to curb carbon- dioxide emissions to combat global-warming risks.

EPA’s Weaker Coal Rule Not Weak Enough for Coal Industry

In response to industry complaints, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed softening its rule to cut mercury and other pollution from new coal-fired power plants.

Coal-Ash Disasters Spur Rules Showdown

Holly Schean didn’t know what was on the other side of the hill near her parents’ home in Kingston, Tennessee. At 1 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2008, she found out. The earth split and toxic coal ash surged across a finger of the Emory River.

Coal-Ash Spill Scars Tennessee as Rules Fight Rages

Holly Schean didn’t know what was on the other side of the hill near her parents’ home in Kingston, Tennessee. At 1 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2008, she found out. The earth split and toxic coal ash surged across a finger of the Emory River.

EPA Final Rule for Coal Plants Deemed ‘Unfortunate’ by Industry

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s rule to curb toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants drew criticism from an industry lobbyist and praise from an environmentalist even before it is released this week.

EPA Said to Give Power Companies Options to Delay Pollution Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency would let power plants apply for more time to comply with new pollution standards under a rule sent to the White House for review, according to people familiar with the process.

Obama Power-Plant Rule Signals Demise of ‘Old King Coal’

President Barack Obama’s proposed carbon-dioxide rules for power plants effectively prohibit new coal power plants, buttressing a shift away from a power source that fueled the Industrial Revolution to cheap natural gas.

Power Producers, Mine Workers, States Seek EPA Rule Review

Twenty-four U.S. states, the United Mine Workers of America and Peabody Energy Corp. asked a Washington federal court to review new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air-pollution regulations.

EPA Can Enforce Climate Change Rules While Texas, Industry Sue, Court Says

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s rules over emissions related to climate change can be enforced while a legal challenge to them proceeds, a federal appeals court said.

Coal Industry Drive Against EPA Will Shadow Obama’s Campaign

As President Barack Obama toured an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers training center in Pennsylvania on Oct. 11, two television commercials made their debuts on local Pittsburgh stations.

"Agency rules have been used as blunt attempts to marginalize coal and other solid fossil fuels and to make motor fuels more costly at the expense of industrial jobs, energy security, and economic recovery."

- Scott Segal on Dec 27, 2012

Washington

Natural Resources Defense Council

Lisa Jackson

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