West Virginia officials blast new EPA rules with heavier restrictions on coal, gas power plants


by WV MetroNews

WV MetroNews— Under the EPA rule announced today, coal plants that plan to stay open beyond 2039 would have to cut or capture 90% of their carbon dioxide emissions by 2032.

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

WBOY—West Virginia leaders criticize new federal coal rules. Critics are claiming there’s a new round in the “War on Coal” after a White House agency released a new plan Thursday.