Business Leaders Oppose Biden’s New Power Plant Rules, Which Set Lofty Climate Goals

The Biden administration released its toughest-ever rules for power plants, drawing backlash from the country’s largest business organization.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce issued a statement on Thursday urging the administration to propose more reasonable carbon reduction goals for power plants to avoid disrupting the future power supply.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed power plant rules require steep pollution cuts from the U.S. power infrastructure, which uses natural gas and coal, the largest sources of the nation’s electricity generation.
“EPA’s new powerplant regulations go too far, too fast,” Marty Durbin, president of the U.S. Chamber’s Global Energy Institute said in a statement….}