Biden EPA trims power-plant rule, eyes future gas fleet restrictions
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The Biden administration is refining its plan to reduce greenhouse gases from electricity and will set stricter pollution limits for natural gas plants.
The Environmental Protection Agency is postponing requirements for certain existing gas plants, aiming to implement a broader rule covering all US gas plants to achieve more significant reductions in toxic pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions.
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan told Bloomberg News in an interview Thursday, “This is a much more comprehensive and thoughtful approach that possibly leads to more flexibilities, more choices for control technologies, more pollution reduction — and it’s responsive to all of our stakeholders,”
“It is the decision of the agency and also a conscious decision of many of our stakeholders to say, ‘Let’s do better, let’s be more comprehensive, and let’s take the time to do that.”
This approach highlights the challenges faced by President Biden in combatting global warming. Extreme weather intensifies the need for action.
Also read: Regulators rush to seal Biden’s climate plans before summer deadline
The EPA’s rule to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal and future gas plants is a significant regulation in Biden’s climate agenda.
The EPA aims to complete its initial standards in April, focusing on existing coal and replacement gas plants.
Coal plants contribute the most to greenhouse gas emissions in the US power sector.
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