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FROM POLITICO-EPA AND INDSUTRY BATTLE IN FULL SWING

By STEPHEN HOLZER

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EPA to double down on climate
By: Robin Bravender
December 21, 2010 07:18 PM EST

The Obama administration is expected to roll out a major greenhouse gas policy for power plants and refineries as soon as Wednesday, signaling it won?t back off its push to fight climate change in the face of mounting opposition on Capitol Hill.

The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to a schedule for setting greenhouse gas emission limits, known as ?performance standards,? for the nation?s two biggest carbon-emitting industries, POLITICO has learned.

Under the schedule agreed to by EPA, states and environmental groups, the agency will issue a draft greenhouse gas performance standard for power plants by July 2011 and a final rule by May 2012. The agreement ? which comes after states and environmentalists challenged the George W. Bush administration?s failure to set the standards ? requires EPA to issue a draft limit for refineries by Dec. 2011 and a final rule by Nov. 2012.

FROM http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=0B6F4294-B06E-28EB-6F698FE46275EDF2

Full post as published by Environmental Legal Blogs on December 22, 2010 (boomark / email).