Hansen partners with WVU law school to analyze new EPA clean power plan
The Center for Energy and Sustainable Development at the West Virginia University College of Law will be analyzing the Environmental Protection Agency’s new plan to cut carbon pollution from power plants.
Teaming up with Downstream Strategies, a Morgantown-based environmental consulting firm, the Center will be working on a project titled “Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction Opportunities for the West Virginia Power Sector.” They will explore the various strategies available to West Virginia to comply with the EPA’s Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule.
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Evan Hansen, president of Downstream Strategies, said that West Virginia has the potential to improve energy efficiency and increase its use of renewable energy.
“We’ll be looking at the potential for energy efficiency and renewable resources such as wind and solar in reducing emissions under the EPA rule, and measures policy makers and regulators can take to incentivize greater deployment of these resources like we see in neighboring states,” he said.
The joint project is made possible through a grant from the Appalachian Stewardship Foundation. The foundation seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to protect freshwater streams and tributaries against the effects of pollution from energy development and use.
