EPA gives critics another chance to shape its climate rule
EPA finishes taking public comment Wednesday on how to tweak its proposed power plant climate rule to avoid potential grid reliability problems.
It’s the second time EPA solicited input on its May proposal to limit carbon dioxide from new and existing fossil fuel power plants. Many of the industry and state commenters who participated in the first round over summer warned of dire supply shortfalls as coal and gas plants are forced into retirement by the 2030s.
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More than 30 years after the last major update of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court has upended the ability of Congress to give the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies broad scope to combat air pollution, including the emission of greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, further Biden administration efforts to limit emissions face opposition in the courts.