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Biden's strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plants

  • Written by Jennifer K. Rushlow, Dean, Vermont School for the Environment, and Professor of Law, Vermont Law & Graduate School
Biden's strategy for cutting carbon emissions from electricity generation could extend the lives of fossil fuel power plantsThe James H. Miller coal power plant in Alabama emitted as much carbon dioxide in 2021 as 4.6 million cars.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration proposed new regulations to curb carbon pollution from existing power plants. The new rules replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan,...

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