The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants

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Days after NOAA released figures showing the highest seasonal concentration of CO2 in recorded history, the EPA moved to roll back emission standards for power plants. "The EPA is trying to get out of the climate change business,” says one expert. ww

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The Environmental Protection Agency moved to roll back emissions standards for power plants—the second-largest source of CO2 emissions in the US—on Wednesday, claiming that the US power sector does not “contribute significantly” to air pollution.

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It comes just days after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration quietly released record-breaking new figures showing the highest seasonal concentration of CO2 in recorded history. www.wired.com/story/the-ep...

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The rollbacks are part of a larger attack on the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant, and part of an administration-wide effort to divorce climate science from policy. www.wired.com/story/the-ep...

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The EPA is also targeting the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule, which mandates that power plants maintain controls to reduce the amount of mercury and other toxic air pollutants emitted from their plants. Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/the

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The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants

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