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- Climate Rationality
- Climate Rationality
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- Part I The Costs of Precautionary Policy
- 2 The Endangerment Game
- 3 The Precautionary Principle
- 4 The EPA’s Newfound Role in Regulating Automobile Mileage
- 5 “It Will Bankrupt You” – Using Environmental Regulations to End the Mining and Use of Coal in America
- 6 The Clean Power Plan, the Rule of Law, and the EPA’s Takeover of State and Regional Electricity Systems
- 7 Renewable Power and the Reliability and Cost of Electricity
- 8 Renewable Power Subsidies and Mandates
- 9 Spinning the Tort Liability Roulette Wheel
- Part II The Other Side of the Story
- Part III Toward Rational Climate Policy
- References
- Index
5 - “It Will Bankrupt You” – Using Environmental Regulations to End the Mining and Use of Coal in America
from Part I - The Costs of Precautionary Policy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 July 2021
- Climate Rationality
- Climate Rationality
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- Part I The Costs of Precautionary Policy
- 2 The Endangerment Game
- 3 The Precautionary Principle
- 4 The EPA’s Newfound Role in Regulating Automobile Mileage
- 5 “It Will Bankrupt You” – Using Environmental Regulations to End the Mining and Use of Coal in America
- 6 The Clean Power Plan, the Rule of Law, and the EPA’s Takeover of State and Regional Electricity Systems
- 7 Renewable Power and the Reliability and Cost of Electricity
- 8 Renewable Power Subsidies and Mandates
- 9 Spinning the Tort Liability Roulette Wheel
- Part II The Other Side of the Story
- Part III Toward Rational Climate Policy
- References
- Index
Summary
In early 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama described his climate change regulatory agenda by saying that “if somebody wants to build a coal-fired [electricity generating] plant they can. It’s just that it will bankrupt them.” After his election, President Obama made good on his promise.
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- Climate RationalityFrom Bias to Balance, pp. 77 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021