Ask a Scientist: Top Takeaways from the New EPA Carbon Pollution Rules
Union of Concerned Scientists
JUNE 14, 2023
EN: These standards—or at least something based on the same Clean Air Act provision—have been in the works for a long time. In 2015, the EPA issued the Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon pollution from power plants, which at the time were the largest source of heat-trapping emissions in the country.
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