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Ontario launches another legal complaint against U.S. utilities: a public nuisance?

Last Thursday, the government of Ontario filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding proposed changes that would relax rules governing emissions from U.S. coal-fired electricity generating plants. The provincial Liberals say, as they have said all along,…

New U.S. climate super-tool spells concern for automakers: is coal-fired power generation next?

The Obama administration last week quietly acquired a potential climate policy super-tool. The EPA announced its “endangerment finding” that a certain mix of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from new motor vehicles “threatens public health and welfare.” This gives the executive branch…