New regulations on state carbon emissions
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.027975
New York Times : The White House will announce new Environmental Protection Agency regulations to cut US carbon emissions 30% from 2005 levels by 2030. The regulations, to be issued under the executive authority granted by the 1970 Clean Air Act , primarily target the more than 600 coal-fired power plants, the largest source of carbon emissions in the US. States will not necessarily have to shut down their power plants, however. Instead, the regulations will allow them to install wind, solar, or energy-efficient generation systems and to join cap-and-trade programs as ways to offset their need for electricity. The new regulations are likely to face legal and legislative challenges but, if they stay in place, will help keep the US on track with a 2009 UN accord to cut carbon emissions 83% from 2005 levels by 2050.
