E.P.A. Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants
It’s the last in a string of major regulations proposed by the Biden administration to sharply cut the greenhouse gases produced by the United States.
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It’s the last in a string of major regulations proposed by the Biden administration to sharply cut the greenhouse gases produced by the United States.
The Biden administration is proposing rules to ensure that two-thirds of new cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the United States by 2032 are all-electric.
The rule would chiefly affect plants along the Gulf Coast, the Ohio River Valley and in West Virginia.
A new rule would reduce mercury, arsenic, nickel and lead emissions, which the Biden administration said would protect public health.
The moves sets the stage for the agency to issue tighter controls on mercury, a neurotoxin emitted by power plants.
A new rule would, for the first time in a decade, reduce emissions of soot that disproportionately harm communities of color.