EPA to regulate emissions, pollutions coming from power plants for 1st time
- The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a draft rule to limit carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fired power plants in a bid to reduce emissions from the power sector, which makes up a quarter of US emissions. The proposal is expected to cut 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air between 2028 and 2042, equivalent to reducing emissions from 137 million passenger cars, and prevent 1,300 premature deaths in 2030.
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EPA again proposes power plant carbon rules - Wisconsin Examiner
A coal-fired power plant in Romeoville, Illinois. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new rule to regulate fossil fuel power plant carbon dioxide. (Scott Olson | Getty Images)The Obama administration’s 2015 Clean Power Plan — intended to cut carbon emissions from power plants — was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Trump administration’s much-criticized replacement, the Affordable Clean Energy rule, derided as a “torture…
Biden EPA Announces Toughest-Ever Rules For Power Plant Emissions
Biden EPA Announces Toughest-Ever Rules For Power Plant Emissions Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), After weeks of buildup, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its strictest-ever rules for power produced using natural gas, coal, and oil that could spur the use of carbon capture technologies. Drag line and coal haul truck at North Antelope Rochelle Mine, Wyoming. (Peabody Energy/Wikimedia, CC BY) The…
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