In this rule, EPA took four actions to address emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. First, it repealed the Affordable Clean Energy ("ACE") Rule, which originated during the Trump administration. Second, it finalized greenhouse gas ("GHG") emission guidelines for existin...
EPA’s forthcoming power plant greenhouse gas rules are facing potential legal issues ahead of their release, legal experts say, including whether the Supreme Court’s recent decision to review the landmarkChevrondoctrine could affect the rule -- with key issues centering on the agency’s expect...
The rule, which would require aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from conventional power plants, has already prompted 27 states and industry groups to file suit to block implementation. Challengers moved for an immediate stay of implementation on May 13, 2024. The rule is int...
The Biden administration hasproposed a rulethat it says will reduce pollution stemming from new gas-fired power plants and other industrial facilities. The proposal would require these plants to cut their emissions of pollutants known as nitrogen oxides, which canlead to smog formationand contribute ...
First, the EPA found that nearly all coal-fired power plants can meet the tightened standards without significant investments, it said in a filing. The EPA also projected that no coal-fired plant would retire because of the rule. Additionally, the Biden administration warned that pausing the ...
EPA has quietly updated the modeling for its power plant greenhouse gas standards, adding compliance scenarios for existing gas plants and others that were absent from the modeling when the agency first proposed the rule earlier this year, with the changes increasing by half the carbon emissions re...
EPA Proposes Rule Requiring Existing Power Plants to Reduce Greenhouse Gas EmissionsRick R. RothmanDavid K. Brown
“Greenhouse gas emissions from power plants have gone uncontrolled for far too long, and we have no more time to waste,” he said. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, called EPA’s decision “inexplicable,” adding: “Making a rule that applies only to coal, which is dying...
and legal underpinnings of the 2012 MATS and revoking a 2020 finding that it was not appropriate and necessary to regulate coal- and oil-fired power plants under section 112 of the Clean Air Act. The proposed rule is intended to reflect significant improvements in pollution cont...
WASHINGTON (KDKA) - The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new rule that would slash mercury and other pollution from coal-fired power plants. The new proposal would slash that pollution by 70-percent. It would require the plants to monitor emissions in real time and...