{"id":257199,"date":"2023-05-13T14:18:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T12:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257199"},"modified":"2023-05-13T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T12:19:00","slug":"epas-ccs-requirement-is-illegal-the-agency-blocked-its-science-advisory-board-from-saying-so-10-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=257199","title":{"rendered":"EPA\u2019s CCS requirement is illegal; The agency blocked its Science Advisory Board from saying so 10 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"257208\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=257208\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?fit=1551%2C611&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1551,611\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0epa_logo_vert\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?fit=723%2C285&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?resize=723%2C284&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257208\" width=\"723\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?resize=1024%2C403&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?resize=300%2C118&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?resize=768%2C303&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?resize=1536%2C605&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?resize=1200%2C473&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?w=1551&amp;ssl=1 1551w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/JunkScience.com\">JunkScience.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Steve Milloy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EPA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/stationary-sources-air-pollution\/greenhouse-gas-standards-and-guidelines-fossil-fuel-fired-power\">proposed<\/a>&nbsp;today that utilities stop burning coal and natural gas by 2040 unless power plants can be outfitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The agency tried mandating CCS 10 years ago, but its Science Advisory Board got in the way. So EPA killed SAB review of CCS.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FS-OVERVIEW-GHG-for-Power-Plants-FINAL-CLEAN.pdf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"450\" width=\"723\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-11-at-11.55.24-AM-728x453.png?resize=723%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108354\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FS-OVERVIEW-GHG-for-Power-Plants-FINAL-CLEAN.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of FS-OVERVIEW-GHG-for-Power-Plants-FINAL-CLEAN.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-67b88f7c-65ea-4c22-8e73-6e8154a94087\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FS-OVERVIEW-GHG-for-Power-Plants-FINAL-CLEAN.pdf\">FS-OVERVIEW-GHG-for-Power-Plants-FINAL-CLEAN<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FS-OVERVIEW-GHG-for-Power-Plants-FINAL-CLEAN.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-67b88f7c-65ea-4c22-8e73-6e8154a94087\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After EPA\u2019s September 2013 proposal to mandate CCS for new coal plants, a working group of the EPA\u2019s SAB&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SAB-Work-Group-Memo-Fall-2013.pdf\">recommended<\/a>&nbsp;the full SAB review the practicality of CCS:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SAB-Work-Group-Memo-Fall-2013.pdf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"510\" width=\"723\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screen-Shot-2023-05-11-at-12.04.14-PM-728x514.png?resize=723%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108357\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SAB-Work-Group-Memo-Fall-2013-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of SAB-Work-Group-Memo-Fall-2013-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e927dfa3-eba8-4fac-b19f-1b02340e07fa\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SAB-Work-Group-Memo-Fall-2013-1.pdf\">SAB-Work-Group-Memo-Fall-2013-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SAB-Work-Group-Memo-Fall-2013-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e927dfa3-eba8-4fac-b19f-1b02340e07fa\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But EPA didn\u2019t want the SAB to conclude that CCS was not ready for print time. So agency staff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EPA-has-SAB-CCS-review-squashed.pdf\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the SAB leadership to stop the review.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EPA-has-SAB-CCS-review-squashed.pdf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"574\" width=\"723\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SAB1-copy-728x578.png?resize=723%2C574&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108361\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"1020\" width=\"723\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SAB2-copy-728x1027.png?resize=723%2C1020&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108360\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EPA-has-SAB-CCS-review-squashed.pdf\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"217\" width=\"723\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/junkscience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/SAB3-copy-728x219.png?resize=723%2C217&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108359\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EPA-has-SAB-CCS-review-squashed.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of EPA-has-SAB-CCS-review-squashed.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a4899f2e-0dc4-4c17-9055-3da4adc739be\" href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EPA-has-SAB-CCS-review-squashed.pdf\">EPA-has-SAB-CCS-review-squashed<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/EPA-has-SAB-CCS-review-squashed.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a4899f2e-0dc4-4c17-9055-3da4adc739be\">Herunterladen<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPA\u00a0proposed\u00a0today that utilities stop burning coal and natural gas by 2040 unless power plants can be outfitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The agency tried mandating CCS 10 years ago, but its Science Advisory Board got in the way. So EPA killed SAB review of CCS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":257208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819249,691818073],"class_list":{"0":"post-257199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-ccs","9":"tag-epa","11":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0epa_logo_vert.jpg?fit=1551%2C611&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-14Un","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":329726,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=329726","url_meta":{"origin":257199,"position":0},"title":"EPA\u2019s Clean Power Plan Rule Prioritizes Net-Zero Over Grid Reliability","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"23\/05\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Coal and natural gas plants provide 60% of the U.S.\u2019 affordable, reliable, and baseload power. 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