Earth Equity News

EPA May Delay Proposed Greenhouse Gas Limits for Power Plants. By Juliet Eilperin and Philip Rucker, WashPost, March 15, 2013. “The Obama administration is leaning toward revising its landmark proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants, according to several individuals briefed on the matter, a move that would delay tougher restrictions and anger many environmentalists… Rewriting the proposal would significantly postpone any action and also might allow the agency to set more permissive standards for coal-fired power plants, which are roughly twice as polluting as those fueled by natural gas… Standards for new power plants are less controversial than imposing carbon limits on existing plants, which emit 2.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year, or 40 percent of the nation’s carbon output. The administration has yet to say if it will pursue that policy.”