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First carbon emission standard for US power plants The US Environmental Protecti ...

First carbon emission standard for US power plants The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first carbon pollution standard for new power plants in the US, following similar standards such as the Large Combustion Plant Directive in Europe. EPA says the standard reflects the on-going trend in the power sector to build cleaner plants, including new efficient natural gas-fired plants, but will also create a path forward for carbon capture and storage for coal-fired plant. The proposal applies only to new power stations, not to existing plants or plants that will be built in the next few months. It follows a 2007 US Supreme Court ruling on the Clean Air Act for US States, following which the EPA determined in 2009 that greenhouse gas pollution threatens US citizens’ health and welfare by affecting the long-term climate. Currently there is no national limit on the amount of carbon dioxide new power plants can emit in the US. According to EPA, the proposed standard is flexible and is in line with technologies that companies are already starting to employ in modern power plants. It expects that there will not be any additional costs for industry to comply with the standard, as power plants currently projected to be built in the US already comply with it.
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