Everything you need to know about the EPA’s proposed rule on coal plants

Environmental Protection Agency data shows the nation's power plants have reduced carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 13 percent since 2005, so they are about halfway to the target in the proposal. : Source- MGN Online

By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson | The Washington Post

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed a rule designed to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants by as much as 30 percent by 2030, compared with 2005 levels. The regulation already has prompted heavy lobbying from industry and environmental groups, and the ensuing battle promises to become, as the Natural Resources Defense Council climate director Peter Altman put it, “the Super Bowl of climate politics.”

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