A top environmentalist says that if Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wins the White House next month, advocates will urge her to make an early pledge to strengthen the targets under EPA's greenhouse gas regulation for existing power plants, a sign groups are likely to ramp up their calls on this point in the coming weeks. Elgie Holstein, senior director for strategic planning at the Environmental Defense Fund, said during an Oct. 17 event hosted by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) that within the "first 100 days or so" of a potential Clinton administration, he hopes there "will be a re-commitment to more ambitious targets and timetables" under the existing source performance standards (ESPS), also known as the Clean Power Plan. "We need that," he added. Such a move would offer a "clearer statement about where we're going to be in 2050, 2030 and perhaps 2020."
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