EPA, Industry Spar On CCS, Hydrogen Basis For Power Plant GHG Rules

EPA and environmentalists are staunchly defending the agency’s use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and clean hydrogen as the basis for the targets in its just-proposed greenhouse gas rules for power plants, even as some industry attorneys argue officials have not shown the technologies are “adequately demonstrated” as the Clean Air Act requires. These stakeholders are further detailing their legal arguments about what is shaping up to be the primary debate about the high-profile standards, which are expected to...