EPA admits plan to ax fossil plant standards would cost jobs, billions in benefits

EPA admits plan to ax fossil plant standards would cost jobs, billions in benefits

Greenhouse gases kill. The United States is one of the world’s most prolific polluters of them. But the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed finding that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants don’t contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution. The EPA has paired that proposal with a new plan, cheered by West Virginia political leaders, to repeal all greenhouse gas emissions standards for the power secto…