EPA’s data shows that 103 million Americans live within 3 miles of a fossil fuel plant, and 61 million of them live within 3 miles of plants that are subject to weaker or effectively no standards ...

Some analysts worry utilities won’t be able to comply with EPA pollution limits while also meeting the power needs of an electrified economy. EPA’s power plant rules and rising electricity demand are ...

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized four new rules Thursday that set tougher emissions limits on coal and new gas-fired power plants, taking restrictions further than the agency’s earlier ...

WASHINGTON — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. Subscribe to read this story ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed one of its most highly anticipated climate rules to date, compelling nearly all US power plants that generate the nation’s electricity to ...

EPA’s action finalizes aggressive emission reduction targets for certain subcategories of fossil fuel-fired power plants, based on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration. On April 25, 2024 ...

Senior Correspondent (To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) The Environmental Protection Agency has been on a rulemaking frenzy this year, ...