Environmental Protection Agency

also referred to as: epa

17 statements across 5 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 10, 2022 by Jigar Shah · said 43 times in 5 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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brought up most by John Larson (19), Shayle Kann (15), Amanda Lee (4), Julio Friedmann (2), Mallory Thomas (1), Joe Biden (1), Jigar Shah (1)

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2023 34 mentions in 1 episode
2022 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about Environmental Protection Agency, oldest first

Jan 10, 2022 negative
Assertion Supported
Shah: All 15 US carbon black plants face EPA consent decrees
“And there's 15 major plants in the United States. All of them are under EPA, Department of Justice consent decrees. As of 2013, none of them had had Sox and Nox scrubbers on them, so the people who lived in those communities nearby were breathing in some of th…”
Jigar Shah Jan 10, 2022 ▶ 11:47 Inside the Energy Department's loan deal to back hydrogen
Jan 24, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Dell: Only 4% of US Post-Consumer Plastic Is Actually Recycled
“Here in the U.S., The EPA estimates that only eight or nine percent of plastic is collected for recycling at the end of its life, and then only about half of that actually gets recycled, and the thing and the product that we get at, out of the end, at the end …”
Rebecca Dell Jan 24, 2022 ▶ 58:00 The many pathways to decarbonizing chemicals
May 18, 2023
Assertion Supported
EPA rule mandates 90% CCS or 96% hydrogen for large gas units
“The basics are the really big plants, meaning 300 megawatt nameplate units or larger, running at 50% capacity factor or more, need to meet a Standard equal to carbon, 90% carbon capture by 2035, or 96% hydrogen co-firing by 2038.”
John Larson May 18, 2023 ▶ 16:21 Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
May 18, 2023 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Larson: State EPA Off-Ramps Will Impact Gas Plants More Than Coal
“I think probably more for gas than for coal. I mean, coal's on its way out. You know, I mean, and there might be a handful of plants that end up getting tied up into the scenario you just described, but compared to existing gas plants, it's a relatively small …”
John Larson May 18, 2023 ▶ 28:48 Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
May 18, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Larson: EPA power rule provides only incremental cuts beyond the IRA
“The EPA analysis of the rule suggests something, a similar outcome, basically, with only, like, a small increment of additional emission reductions From the proposal. So, it does show that, yes, you were actually getting some incremental gain above and beyond …”
John Larson May 18, 2023 ▶ 46:42 Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
May 18, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Larson: Coal plant retirement announcements increase year over year
“Every year more coal operators announce more retirements than they did the year before, right? And if we see that trend continue or accelerate in response to this regulation, I think that's going to be another important place to watch”
John Larson May 18, 2023 ▶ 53:00 Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
May 18, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Larson: EPA intends to finalize power plant rule by summer 2024
“Yeah, I mean, the EPA is signaling that they intend to finalize this by summer of next year, right?”
John Larson May 18, 2023 ▶ 39:21 Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
May 18, 2023 negative
Opinion
Larson says Trump power plant rules achieved almost no pollution reduction
“There's a little detour in between where the Trump administration revoked the Clean Power Plan and tried a different approach, which was basically like, we're only going to regulate [637] John Larson: New and existing plants through efficiency improvements wh…”
John Larson May 18, 2023 ▶ 10:08 Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
May 18, 2023 neutral
Prediction Held up
Larson: EPA power plant rule faces immediate lawsuits and Supreme Court challenge
“And then as soon as that's in the federal register, then the lawsuits are going to start Flying. And they will presume they all, almost all will go to the D.C. Circuit, which will then eventually, you know, one, everybody expects something, some challenge on t…”
John Larson May 18, 2023 ▶ 32:02 Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
May 18, 2023
Assertion Supported
Larson: Zero new coal power plants have been proposed in US
“Not even not building a lot, not building any, period. Like, there are, there have not been any proposed coal plants even before that proposed rule went in place.”
John Larson May 18, 2023 ▶ 15:19 Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
May 18, 2023 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Larson: Most gas plants will reduce capacity factors instead of installing CCS
“Most of the gas is just going to ramp down instead of installing carbon capture.”
John Larson May 18, 2023 ▶ 44:44 Unpacking EPA’s newly proposed power emissions rule
Aug 13, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Lee: Final EPA compliance rules for GGRF remain under development
“Obviously, at the moment, the compliance pieces with the EPA are, you Still, in many ways, in negotiations or in development, hopefully coming out soon, right, with a lot of leading indicators around the need for example, Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage compli…”
Amanda Lee Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 18:06 Frontier Forum: Is America’s green bank ready?
Aug 13, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Briscoe: Clean energy lenders will consolidate onto one or two compliance platforms
“I believe that at the end of the day, we'll have one, hopefully one or two standard platforms out there by which we can upload our data into, so that makes it easy, and really mitigate costs, because compliance is costly, and one way to reduce that is having s…”
Billy Briscoe Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 19:29 Frontier Forum: Is America’s green bank ready?
Aug 13, 2024 neutral
Insight
Lee: GGRF adds EPA compliance and community complexity to clean financing
“And so when we saw that the GGRF finally got the green light, we were first and foremost thrilled for the industry and the country, but definitely knew we had to help because we're layering that complex transaction that needs help to begin with additional comp…”
Amanda Lee Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 3:26 Frontier Forum: Is America’s green bank ready?
Aug 13, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Lee: Selected GGRF recipients aim to begin dispersing funds in late 2024
“Currently, all the recipients have been selected and are at the point that right now organizing internally. With their sub-constituents, with the EPA, to really be ready to disperse funds as soon as later this year, but we all know we're hoping for as soon as …”
Amanda Lee Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 6:23 Frontier Forum: Is America’s green bank ready?
Aug 13, 2024 positive
Insight
Briscoe: Obligated EPA green bank funds will be legally harder to claw back
“I do believe once it's once it's obligated, once we get through all of the All of the T's and C's with EPA. It becomes much more legally and politically much more difficult to plow back capital that's already been obligated and deployed, or at least beginning …”
Billy Briscoe Aug 13, 2024 ▶ 23:02 Frontier Forum: Is America’s green bank ready?
May 20, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Doherty: EPA post-fire testing at Moss Landing showed safe environmental limits
“Thankfully, all the environmental measurements that came back all of the EPA has been doing extensive testing all around the site. All those measurements have come back within sort of safe limits”
Tristan Doherty May 20, 2025 ▶ 7:30 A former race car engineer on battery safety and supply chains [partner content]
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