Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
The rule, which also applies to new gas plants, would avoid as much as 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042, the EPA calculated , the equivalent of the annual emissions of 137 million passenger vehicles—about half of the cars in the country. percent of US electricity and utility-scale solar generated 3.4
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