EJ Advocates Warn EPA Power Plant GHG Plan Will Harm Fenceline Areas

Environmental justice (EJ) advocates are skeptical of EPA’s new proposal to cut greenhouse gas emissions from baseload coal- and gas-fired power plants and say it will bring additional harm to EJ areas and not alleviate impacts, contradicting a top Biden administration priority. The advocates say EPA’s plan to exempt new “peaker” plants from any requirements, allow coal plants to install carbon capture & sequestration (CCS) technology and allow new gas plants to co-fire with hydrogen will all result in more...