Biden’s Power-Plant Plan Will Have Bigger Carbon-Cutting Reach
Steam rises from a power plant in Adamsville, Alabama.
Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Biden administration’s plan for throttling power-plant pollution is expected to drive far greater reductions of greenhouse gas emissions than initially expected, even as US electricity demand climbs.
The final regulation, set to be unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, is projected to reduce the power sector’s carbon dioxide emissions to more than 75% below 2005 emission levels by 2035, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the measure isn’t yet public.