Statement from UCS President Ken Kimmell on Today's Clean Power Plan Court Decision

The Union of Concerned Scientists views the D.C. Circuit Court's decision to keep the Clean Power Plan in effect as a victory for climate action, noting that many U.S. states are already making significant progress toward the plan's 2022 and 2030 carbon emission benchmarks.

• The D.C. Circuit Court ruled that the EPA's Clean Power Plan for limiting carbon emissions will remain in effect while legal arguments are heard, requiring states to continue developing compliance plans.
• A Union of Concerned Scientists analysis titled 'States of Progress' indicates that 31 states have made commitments to reach more than halfway toward their 2022 Clean Power Plan benchmark, with 21 of those states expected to surpass it.
• Regarding the 2030 Clean Power Plan target, 20 states are on track to be more than halfway toward meeting the goal, and 16 states are set to surpass it.

APA

Kimmell, K. (2016). Statement from UCS President Ken Kimmell on Today's Clean Power Plan Court Decision. Union of Concerned Scientists. https://www.ucs.org/about/news/statement-ucs-president-ken-kimmell-todays-clean-power-plan-court-decision

Chicago

Kimmell, Ken. Statement from UCS President Ken Kimmell on Today's Clean Power Plan Court Decision. Union of Concerned Scientists, 2016. https://www.ucs.org/about/news/statement-ucs-president-ken-kimmell-todays-clean-power-plan-court-decision.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{kimmell2016statement, author = {Kimmell, Ken}, title = {{Statement from UCS President Ken Kimmell on Today's Clean Power Plan Court Decision}}, publisher = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2016}, month = jan, url = {https://www.ucs.org/about/news/statement-ucs-president-ken-kimmell-todays-clean-power-plan-court-decision}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }