The new EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, announced today that it may consider revising the Bush administration's policy on regulating emissions from coal plants. The decision was in response to a Sierra Club petition that asked the agency to reconsider a decision made in December 2008 by former EPA administrator Stephen Johnson that prohibited officials from considering greenhouse gas emissions when evaluating applications from utilities to build coal-fired electrical plants. The issue will now be put out for public comment before a final ruling is issued.
The Sierra Club's press release on today's ruling is available here.
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