New Power Plant Rule Awaits Supreme Court Ruling, EPA Chief Says

The EPA will have a new standard to limit carbon emissions “ready to go as soon as the Supreme Court rules” on its authority to regulate in that space, agency head Michael Regan told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Regan previously promised a suite of tools to deal with emissions from power plants.

“We want to be sure that the rule that we design will fall within where the Supreme Court will land,” Regan told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee during a hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s fiscal 2023 budget request.

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