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EPA publishes emissions rule to GOP's dismay
2014-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Environmental Protection Agency published its rule limiting carbon emissions from new power plants on Wednesday to the dismay of coal advocates and the GOP. The proposed rule, published nearly four months after EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced it, is a core element of President Obama's climate change agenda. Included in the new performance standards, the EPA pushes for new coal-fired power plants to be built with carbon capture technology, which Republicans argue is impossible...
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