West Virginians Seek to Stymie Biden Power Plant Emissions Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency would be blocked from forcing fossil fuel power plants to reduce their carbon emissions significantly by 2040 under new Republican legislation.

The bicameral measure, introduced by Republicans Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.) and Rep. Carol Miller (W.Va.), seeks to halt an EPA draft rule, issued last month, before it gathers momentum. The rule would have a major impact on West Virginia, the country’s second-largest coal producer and fourth in the nation in natural gas marketed production in 2021, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

“West Virginia will not stand for this spineless, and frankly, ...