New rule compels US coal-fired power plants to capture emissions – or shut down
by The Guardian
The Guardian— New EPA directive will cut pollution equivalent to the emissions of 328m cars, but industry group decries it as a ‘reckless plan’Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration’s most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the nation’s...
WKBN.com—Strict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down. WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. New limits on greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired electric plants are the Biden administration's most ambitious effort yet to roll back planet-warming pollution from the power sector, the []
www.kxl.com—Strict New EPA Rules Would Force Coal-Fired Power Plants To Capture Emissions Or Shut Down. WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants
The Guardian—New US climate rules for pollution cuts ‘probably terminal’ for coal-fired plants. Experts say only ‘handful of plants’ operating with the dirtiest fuel will likely survive, and only Trump and lawsuits could save them New climate rules imposed by Joe Biden’s administration requiring huge cuts in carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants will accelerate the decline of an industry that until recently provided most of America’s power, experts say, potentially even dealing a death blow to coal in the US.Coal, once the backbone of the US economy and feted by Donald Trump as he...