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Power Plant Pollution Targeted in Sweeping Actions by Biden Administration

Inside Climate News · By Marianne Lavelle · last updated
Greenhouse gas rules offer leeway, but come packaged with new standards for air, water and waste that put big restraints on coal.

By Marianne Lavelle

The Biden administration punctuated Earth Week by finalizing a sweeping set of regulations for power plants—the source of one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution—that are designed to hasten the transition to clean electricity across the nation.

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