EJ Advocates Push EPA For Speedy, Stronger Gas Power Plant GHG Rule

Environmental justice (EJ) advocates are pushing EPA to quickly issue stringent greenhouse gas limits for existing natural gas-fired power plants as the agency seeks early input for a planned rulemaking on the topic, arguing the forthcoming standards must also include a robust EJ analysis and a cumulative impacts analysis (CIA). These advocates have broadly supported EPA’s decision to drop its proposed GHG limits for existing gas from the agency’s soon-to-be-final power plant climate rule -- which would have affected only...