http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/us/politics/18brfs-EPATOREVISIT_BRF.html?ref=politics
The Environmental Protection Agency inched closer to the possible regulation of emissions of heat-trapping gases from coal-fired power plants. Lisa Jackson, the new administrator of the agency, granted a petition by the Sierra Club to reconsider a controversial memorandum related to coal plant emissions that was issued in December by her predecessor, Stephen L. Johnson. Mr. Johnson's memorandum, which remains in effect, prevents the federal approval process for power plants from taking into consideration the emission of carbon dioxide. Although the agency explicitly declined to suspend the memorandum, environmentalists embraced the granting of the petition as another step in their efforts to stop the construction of coal-fired power plants. The agency now plans to seek public comment on issues in the original memorandum and related matters.
