HILL ENERGY BRIEF: Senators Quote Kerry to Slam EPA Proposal

Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) reupped their concerns about the administration’s power plant carbon emissions plan in a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan — latching onto recent comments from White House climate envoy John Kerry’s recent comments at COP28 to criticize the limits of carbon capture technology.

The letter references Kerry’s statements about the limits of carbon capture at COP28 earlier this month.

Kerry said while carbon capture is part of the mix to reduce emissions in high impact industries, preventing climate change will mean “largely a phase out of fossil fuels in our energy ...