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EPA Plan Would Phase Out Emissions from Power Plants by 2040

HeadlineApr 24, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, in a bid to cut one of the main sources of U.S. air pollution by 2040. The new rules reportedly would force power plants to capture carbon dioxide emissions from their smokestacks or use other methods to eliminate nearly all carbon dioxide emissions by 2040.

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