Trump replaced the Obama administration’s proposed power plant pollution rules with his own weaker measures, which a federal court blocked before they could be implemented. Even now, the EPA’s ...
The EPA had adopted a rule that regulated coal ash storage at active power plants but ... limits based on pollution controls that are available to individual plants. Indeed, carbon capture and ...
Electric power generation in the U.S. is shifting rapidly away from fossil fuels toward cleaner and lower-carbon sources.
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to temporarily pause a landmark rule issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
The rule relies on “carbon capture” technology that hasn’t been proven to work — and may introduce other dangers.
The EPA also finalized a rule to regulate coal ash disposal ... “EPA’s integrated approach to cleaning up power plant pollution will also drive better planning and smarter choices by the ...
And that's why today I'm proud to announce that EPA is finalizing four separate rules that rely on their own authorities to reduce pollution from coal and natural gas power plants." The first of ...
The new pollution standards will help address the "significant harms" states face from climate change, attorneys general tell ...
The Situation: On April 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") finalized four rules to regulate pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. EPA's stated goal was to provide a ...
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new emission standards targeting coal-fired power plants that ... According to the new EPA rules, coal plants staying open beyond 2039 ...
The lawsuit is the latest challenge to the Biden administration's effort to curb carbon pollution from the power sector.
The rules issued Thursday are among at least a half-dozen EPA rules limiting power plant emissions and wastewater pollution. Environmental groups hailed the EPA’s latest action as urgently ...