Publication: Bloomberg News

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher and Climate Specialist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsys: The article outlines the Environmental Protection Agency’s responsibilities after the new Supreme Court ruled to limit federal laws on power plant emissions.

UCLA News: “If we can’t make rapid progress on the easiest aspects of emissions reductions in the short term, that does not bode well for reaching any number of optimistic climate targets in the coming decades,” Swain explained. “Regulating greenhouse-gas emissions from the electricity sector, and point-source emitters like power plants in particular, is arguably the ‘lowest hanging fruit’ in mitigating climate change.’’

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