Biden Plans to Slash Planet-Warming Pollution from Power Plants
- EPA limits would stamp out most electric sector emissions
- Measure would accelerate renewable power, carbon capture
A coal-fired electrical generation plant in Castle Dale, Utah.
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The Biden administration is preparing to propose limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants that are so stringent they could almost wipe out the US electricity sector’s planet-warming pollution by 2040.
The White House is in the final stages of reviewing a draft proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency, which would target both new and existing power plants — the second-biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the US today. Details of the measure, some of which were previously reported by the New York Times, were described by people briefed on the plan.