New EPA Emissions Rules Squeeze Coal Plants
The measures, which come as power demand is surging, will force coal plants to adopt costly technology or shut down.
Tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
A rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture ...
Long-term coal power plants must control 90% of their carbon pollution, new EPA rules say
The Biden administration says the new rules will reduce pollution from fossil fuel power plants, fighting climate change and ...
Nevada Independent17h
Site of the nation’s ‘dirtiest coal plant’ is now part of Nevada’s clean energy transition
Once named the nation's "dirtiest coal plant," NV Energy's Reid Gardner in Southern Nevada is now a battery storage facility.
E&E2d
Coal-to-gas switch spurs 3% drop in energy emissions
Mild winter weather and increasing air and car travel also affected carbon dioxide emissions from electricity, fuel and heating.
C&EN2d
EPA mandates cuts in power plant emissions
The regulations focus primarily on limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired and new natural gas–fueled ...
KALW3d
Coal and new gas power plants will have to meet climate pollution targets
Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate ...
US’s power grid continues to lower emissions—everything else, not so much
Separately, direct use of fossil fuels for things like furnaces, water heaters, etc., has been largely flat for the entire 30 ...
Herald & Review2d
Biden administration aims to speed up demise of coal-fired power plants
Even without a government mandate to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, most of what is left of Illinois' once-robust coal ...
The Daily Item2d
UPDATE Meuser, Yaw call new EPA rule on coal an assault on American energy
U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, co-chair of the Congressional Coal Caucus said this week's new federal rule targeting coal plants ...
Pollution from a Fort Bend coal plant worries residents. The EPA says it's working on a solution.
An environmental town hall in Fort Bend brought regional EPA officials in conversation with locals, advocates and high school ...
The Bismarck Tribune3d
EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down; ND officials critical
Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the ...