New power plant rule sounds a lot like dead climate bill

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The Trump administration's proposal for replacing President Obama's signature climate change rule has an appealing name with a catchy acronym: the Affordable Clean Energy rule, or ACE.rnThat sounds a lot like "ACES," or the "American Clean Energy and Security Act" - the sweeping climate bill that passed the House in 2009 before fizzling in the Senate.rnIt's unclear whether the similar acronyms are intentional or accidental; EPA's press office didn't respond to a request for comment about the process for naming the draft rule. But the similarity of the acronyms wasn't lost on House Democratic staffers who worked on the cap-and-trade measure.