Richard Revesz, Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the "War on Coal"

When	Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Location	Wolf Law Building, Room 207
For	Public; Faculty; Staff; Students; Alumni
Cost	Free

Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the "War on Coal" chronicles the fateful decision by Congress to grandfather existing coal plants from the permitting requirements to install modern pollution control technologies and the health, legal and political reverberations of this crucial decision including the long struggle of Republican and Democratic administrations alike to reclaim public health safeguards (e.g., NOx SIP Call, Clean Air Interstate Rule, Cross State Air Pollution Rule & SCOTUS decision in EME Homer City, modification test & SCOTUS decision in Duke Energy, Mercury and Air Toxics Standards & SCOTUS decision in UARG, Clean Power Plan) in light of the heavy multipollutant burden from existing power plants and the perverse and potent incentives grandfathering created for prolonging the utilization of aging, inefficient and high emitting existing plants. This event is free and open to the public, but you must be registered to attend. Reception to follow in Schaden Commons. More information and registration at: http://www.colorado.edu/law/research/gwc/events

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Contact	Shaun LaBarre shaun.labarre@colorado.edu
Website	http://www.colorado.edu/law/research/gwc/events
Sponsored By	Getches-Wilkinson Center
Moderated By	Phil Weiser, Dean of the University of Colorado Law School
Speakers	Discussants: Richard Revesz, New York University School of Law Lawrence King Professor of Law Dean Emeritus Director, Institute for Policy Integrity Discussants: Sharon Jacobs, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Law School Vickie Patto