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Biden administration finalizes new rules for power plants in one of its most significant climate actions to-date
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Biden crackdown on power plants expected to speed shift away from coal
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Formerly TwitterEarthjustice
Earthjustice
The Biden @EPA finalized the first-ever limits on how much carbon pollution coal plants and new gas plants can emit. For years Earthjustice has fought to clean up power plants, and these standards are a major milestone. ejus.tc/4dhcWva
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎
LCVoters
The Biden-Harris @EPA's new power plant safeguards are a BFD!
Not only will they dramatically slash both carbon and toxic pollution, but they will also hold Big Polluters accountable.
This is a huge victory for clean energy and clean air 👏 www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/climate/joe-biden-climate-global-warming.html
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U.S. Energy Foundation
EnergyFdn
Two of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s newly proposed coal-plant pollution rules may offer the broadest tools yet for forcing cleanup of coal ash pollution—a responsibility power-plant operators have long skirted. energynews.us/2024/04/25/new-epa-rules-close-a-huge-loophole-on-coal-ash-forcing-wide-scale-cleanup-advocates-say/
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Covering Climate Now
CoveringClimate
The Biden administration issued new regulations aimed at drastically reducing carbon emissions from power plants. The move could lead some plants to shutter. By @jeffbradynews at @NPR… bit.ly/4blIPB1
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'Too expensive' | US regulators drop hydrogen co-firing from power plant decarbonisation plan
By Rachel Parkes
West Virginia officials blast new EPA rules with heavier restrictions on coal, gas power plants
By Brad McElhinny
New federal rules aim to clean up toxic coal ash, including nearly a dozen sites in Kentucky • Kentucky Lantern
By Liam Niemeyer
Gordon promises to sue after EPA moves to slash coal emissions
By Dustin Bleizeffer
EPA announces new rules to increase oversight, regulation of toxic coal ash waste in Indiana
By Violet Comber-Wilen
EPA finalizes new rules to reduce pollution
By Basil John
Coal is losing its most powerful friends in D.C. — and threats to its future are escalating - POLITICO
By Alex Guillen
State leaders react to EPA's new power plant requirements
By Daniel Burbank
New EPA rules close a ‘huge loophole’ on coal ash, forcing wide-scale cleanup, advocates say
By Kari Lydersen
Louisiana coal-fired power plants will face major carbon emission cuts under new EPA rule
By Mark Schleifstein
Coal Byproduct, Other Pollution Sources at Waukegan and Michigan City Power Plants Face Strict Regulations Under ...
By Nick Blumberg
Wyoming Officials Respond to New EPA Rules
By Ron Richter