EPA Drops Proposed Easing of Rules for Power Plants. By David A. Fahrenthold, WashPost, December 11, 2008. "The EPA yesterday abandoned its push to revise two air-pollution rules in ways that environmentalists had long opposed... One proposal would have made it easier to build a coal-fired power plant, refinery or factory near a national park. The other would have altered the rules that govern when power plants must install antipollution devices... EPA officials had been trying to finalize both proposals before President-elect Obama is sworn in Jan. 20. But yesterday, an agency spokesman said they were giving up, surprising critics and supporters of the measures... John Walke, of NRDC, said the rule would have allowed plants to operate for longer hours and produce more overall pollution. 'I am stunned. I've been fighting these dirty rules for years,' Walke said. 'And within the span of an hour,' he said, both were suddenly moot."
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