E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal Burning Power Plants
NEW REGULATIONS COULD SPELL THE END FOR PLANTS THAT BURN COAL, THE FOSSIL FUEL THAT POWERED THE COUNTRY FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.
The Biden administration on Thursday placed the final cornerstone of its plan to tackle climate change: a regulation that would force the nation’s coal-fired power plants to virtually eliminate the planet-warming pollution that they release into the air or shut down.
The regulation from the Environmental Protection Agency requires coal plants in the Unit…
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