The Environmental Protection Agency announced a set of rules aimed at reducing harmful pollution from gas- and coal-fired power plants nationwide.
Emissions from the Naughton coal-fired power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo. The Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on pollution from power plants nationwide. set of rules aimed at slashing air pollution, water pollution and planet-warming emissions spewing from the nation’s power plants.
On Thursday, Regan will announce the final rules during an event at Howard University, a historically Black college. On a call with reporters Wednesday previewing the announcement, Regan said the agency is following through on its commitment to “protect communities from pollution and improve public health, all while supporting the long-term reliable supply of the electricity needed to power America forward.
Jody Freeman, who directs the Environmental and Energy Law Program at Harvard Law School, said she thinks the rule is on solid legal ground, because EPA lawyers crafted it to comply with the 2022 decision and the Clean Air Act. But it is difficult to predict what the conservative justices will decide, she said.
In another notable change, the final rule will no longer assume that new gas plants can switch to low-emissions hydrogen to comply. The EPA will still specify that utilities can use, which sucks carbon dioxide from power plant smokestacks and stores it deep underground. Some environmentalists worry the technology, which hasthat the rule would only apply to new gas plants, not existing ones.
“I recognize I can’t control the air my son breathes, and I really rely on EPA to do their job,” Tomcik said.
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