Proposed Rule Cuts Carbon Pollution From Power Plants That Burn Coal & Gas
The time is now for the EPA to move forward — without delay — to finalize robust and durable standards to confront the rising costs and mounting dangers of the climate crisis.The US Environmental Protection Agency today proposed urgently needed limits on carbon emissions from power plants that burn coal and gas, targeting the source ofproposed rules in April to cut carbon emissions from cars and trucks.
“This standard has one goal: to cut, at long last, the power plant carbon pollution that, until now, has gone unchecked. It complements the clean energy incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act that make it cheaper, and easier, to clean up the power sector. It’s grounded in longstanding authority under the Clean Air Act. It gives power companies the flexibility to clean up dirty plants, reduce their use or retire them in favor of cleaner options.
“The EPA and other agencies must ensure that, if equipment is used to reduce carbon emissions, it performs properly, is maintained correctly, does not increase other air pollution, and permanently sequesters the carbon it captures. “Though this rule will deliver reductions in power plant carbon pollution — and sulfur dioxide, a dangerous co-pollutant — it doesn’t address the full range of disproportionate harm that fossil fuels inflict, especially on low-income communities and people of color. Beyond this rule, the federal government, state and local leaders, and industry must act to reduce those harms and to ensure that everyone has access to clean and affordable energy.
“What’s essential now is for the EPA to move forward without delay to strengthen and finalize robust and durable standards by early next year to confront the rising costs and mounting dangers of the widening climate crisis.”, an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists.
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