Albert Einstein astutely pointed out that “We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them”, an axiom that is apparently lost on the current EPA leadership. How can we possibly address our runaway emissions problems by reversing fossil fuel regulations and eliminating key requirements to clean up coal-fired power plants?

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) proposal, intended to replace the Clean Power Plan, giving states the authority to craft Regulations for coal-burning power plants and eliminate “overly prescriptive and burdensome” requirements on “on-site, heat-rate efficiency improvements.”