As part of President Biden’s plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing to advance tougher regulations on power plants in the coming months. According to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the agency wants to impose stricter air-quality standards for mercury and other toxic pollutants, as well as new restrictions on wastewater… Continue reading EPA Expected to Issue Tighter Regulations for Power Plants
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EPA Overturns Obama Climate Rules for Power Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency overturned Obama-era climate rules for power plants, vastly limiting the agency’s ability to mandate tougher greenhouse-gas-emission rules that could force older coal- and gas-fired plants to close. It is one of the most significant steps yet by the Trump administration to roll back climate policy, eliminating rules designed to force an… Continue reading EPA Overturns Obama Climate Rules for Power Plants