The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday the final adoption of rules aimed at significantly reducing fossil fuel power plant pollution across the country.
Several clean energy nonprofits hailed the Biden-Harris Administration’s historic announcement as a powerful federal law that will reduce health risks associated with toxic metals disposed of in coal ash ponds and landfills, a byproduct of now-shuttered Georgia Power plants.
The EPA on Thursday also announced three other final rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and from new natural gas turbines. The new emissions standards will force existing coal plants to cut their carbon emissions by 90% by 2032 if they intend to keep running past 2039.
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