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Google Joins Apple in Condemning the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on from the enough-is-enough dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Google filed a public comment today criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to roll back the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era policy that aims to cut power plant pollution. With its comment, Google joins Apple in arguing that keeping the policy is a good deal for the US. Google's comment, which it shared with The Verge, lays out what it called a strong economic case for the Clean Power Plan.It says that the plan would encourage utilities and companies like Google to keep investing in renewable energy -- which Google says is getting cheaper, is desired by both consumers and investors, and is a good source of jobs.

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  1. This is the issue with executive orders/regulation by zippo01 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If it is really that important it should be passed as a law. This is the issue with executive orders and regulations. Then next guy can just undo it. Perhaps previous administrations should have focused more on compromised laws and less on orders and regulations.

  2. Has nothing to do with economy, or jobs by TheReaperD · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The repeal of this measure has nothing to do with the environment, economy or jobs. Slowing or stopping the cost reductions in clean energy is what this is about. Robert E. Murray, the chief executive of Murray Energy, the owner of the largest number of coal fired plants in the country, is a long time personal friend of Trump. The fact that clean energy has been getting cheaper every year is killing his company whose margins are getting cut every year. This has nothing to do with anything other than improving Trump's friends bottom line; everything else is irrelevant.

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  3. So if Google and Apple so strongly support it... by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They say the plan shouldn't be rolled back because then companies would not be encouraged to use renewables.

    But are Apple and Google going to cease using renewable power sources? No. Nor will lots of other companies.

    They also claim it's getting cheaper - great! Then obviously that alone would be a driving factor toward companies seeking renewable energy.

    So what does this rollback really hurt?

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