The Environmental Protection Agency has delayed until the summer releasing proposed rules to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, Amy Harder reports for The Wall Street Journal. The proposed rules, which were planned for release today, include a 30 percent reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions by 2030 from existing power plants based on emission levels from 2005.
The proposal, released in June, "set different carbon-emission limits for each state and
depends heavily on individual plans to meet those targets, which the
agency is requiring states submit by June 2016," Harder writes. "But for those
states that choose not to issue a plan at all or for those that would
rather defer to the EPA’s authority, the agency is planning to announce
Wednesday it will develop a federal plan to cut carbon emissions. This
move, also anticipated by some experts, could be controversial in states
run by conservative governors critical of the federal government’s
regulatory power."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) "has vowed to overturn
the emissions rules," reports Dina Cappiello for the The Associated Press. "He tried in January 2014 when Democrats controlled
the chamber. But Congress’ investigative arm said he would have to wait
for a final rule."
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Thursday, January 08, 2015
EPA delays until summer releasing proposed rules for cutting CO2 emissions 30% by 2030
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