Long-awaited rules governing carbon emissions from power plants are in the crosshairs of widespread industry opposition, but some court observers see the rule on good footing as it faces inevitable judicial review.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed new regulations to quell carbon pollution from coal-fired plants on Thursday, unveiling long-awaited climate rules for existing plants and new natural gas turbines that have undergone multiple iterations across three administrations.
Standards announced this week, alongside a suite of power plant pollution rules, seek a near elimination of carbon pollution from the nation’s coal-fired facility fleet by 2039.
This latest round of changes ...
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