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The EPA’s new power plant pollution rule has a big, gassy hole in it
The EPA is cracking down on some — but not all — power plant pollution.
“We’re talking about putting all our hopes and dreams for the future in experimental [carbon capture] technology,” says Maria Lopez-Nuñez, a board member for the Climate Justice Alliance and a deputy director at Ironbound Community Corporation in Newark, New Jersey. Power plants have until 2032 to comply, which is two years later than what the EPA initially proposed last year.The Biden administration tried to bring costs down for carbon capture by expanding tax credits for the technologies in 2022. “The new standards announced today will dramatically reduce climate pollution while ensuring millions of people will have cleaner, safer air and water,” Abigail Dillen, president of the nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice, said in emailed comments to The Verge.
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