Biden's Climate Rule For Power Plants

President Biden's Administration issued Rules Thursday, ordering Power Companies to cut Pollution from Coal Plants.

This is a Major Plank in His efforts to fight Climate Change, amid Complaints from Progressive Green Voters, who say He’s done too Little to curb Fossil Fuels.

The Rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), build on the Administration’s long List of Climate-Fighting Policies, and are certain to draw Opposition from the Coal Industry and Republicans.

But the bigger Challenge for Biden, will hinge on whether they will appease Progressive Voters, worried about Climate Change without losing Centrist Democrats wary of the Costs of His Transition to Clean Energy.

“Biden can’t create green jobs on Monday, on Tuesday approve a big oil export project, and then expect young people to turn out in the numbers that he needs us to,” said Stevie O’Hanlon, Spokesperson for the Youth Climate Group Sunrise Movement.

The Final Rules EPA unveiled on Thursday, will require the Nation’s dwindling fleet of about 200 Coal-Fired Power Plants to install Carbon Capture Technology, if they plan to continue Operating past 2039. EPA Administrator Michael Regan, is expected to formally announce the Rules at Howard University on Thursday morning.

The EPA’s Package of Regulations also includes more Stringent requirements on Mercury Emissions from Burning Coal, as well as Reductions in the Pollutants discharged through Coal Plants’ Wastewater. And the Agency is seeking additional Cleanups of Coal Ash, a Toxic Waste Byproduct of Burning Coal, that is typically stored in Ponds or Buried.

Completing those Four Rules together is intended to give the Power Sector a broad view of the Regulatory Costs, it will face from continuing to Burn Coal. Already, Coal’s Share of U.S. Electricity production has plummeted during the past Two Decades, to about 16% from more than 50%.

Finishing the Rules now, could also Protect the Regulations from being rolled back by Congress next year, if Republicans capture both Capitol Hill and the White House.

Under the 1996 Congressional Review Act, any Regulation Approved after late May could be Vulnerable to a Legislative Repeal.









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