Biden EPA Tightens Screws on Coal Plants

A new proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would tighten emissions restrictions for coal-fired power plants, heartening public health advocates and raising questions from the energy industry about cost and feasibility.
It comes after a February 2022 EPA ruling that reversed a Trump administration action in 2020 on the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants.
Those standards were first issued by the Obama administration EPA over a decade ago.
The Supreme Court in 2015 ruled that the EPA should have accounted for the new standards’ costs to power plants.
The Obama EPA in 2016 found that incorporating costs did not change their conclusion, in response to what they characterized as a “narrow decision.”…}