Struggling for air : power plants and the "war on coal" /

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Author / Creator:Revesz, Richard L., 1958- author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
©2016
Description:viii, 221 pages ; 22 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11040235
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Other authors / contributors:Lienke, Jack, 1983- author.
ISBN:9780190233112
0190233117
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-215) and index.
Summary:"Debunks the political rhetoric surrounding the Obama administration's environmental policies; Traces the source of contemporary environmental problems to a tragic flaw in the Clean Air Act of 1970; Provides a thorough but accessible history of air pollution control in the United States."--Publisher's website.
Standard no.:12572772
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Conflict and Context
  • 1. Coal: A Primer
  • 2. War Stones
  • Rise of the Rhetoric
  • Peeling Back the Propaganda
  • 3. Congress Misses the Mark
  • Fly in the Ointment
  • Explaining the Error
  • What the Transcripts Tell Us
  • Unexpected Deals, Unexpected Devils
  • Missing the Mark
  • 4. Misadventures in Modification
  • Altered States
  • Spared Changes
  • What Goes Up ... Might Not Count
  • New Layers of Complexity
  • Old Plants, New Tricks
  • A Fishy Fix
  • A New Sheriff in Town
  • A Safer Harbor
  • Considering the Alternatives
  • 5. Bad Neighbors
  • Tall Orders, Taller Stacks
  • There Goes the Neighborhood
  • Who Will Stop the Rain?
  • To Market, To Market
  • The Sincerest Form of Flattery
  • Grandfathering^ Grim Toll
  • 6. A Warming World
  • The Carbon Loophole: A History
  • Between a Cap and a Hard Place
  • Let's Make a Deal
  • What's Grandfathering Got to Do with It?
  • 7. Hope for Redemption
  • The Dash to Gas
  • The Role of Regulation
  • Bumps in the Road Ahead
  • Conclusion: A Farewell to Harms
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index