ClimateWire: In countless meetings on the Clean Power Plan with states and energy companies, the most common plea to U.S. EPA has been for more time. More time to work on plans, more time to allow coal plants to retire and more time to move toward final goals.
It's an easy concession for EPA -- one that could go a long way toward ensuring flexibility under the rule without undercutting climate goals, knowledgeable observers say.
In particular, EPA has heard it should relax the rule's interim goals, which...