Environmentalists Cite EPA Study In Push For Tough Power Plant ELG

Environmentalists are pressing the Biden administration to ensure its imminent proposed rule strengthening effluent limits for coal-fired power plants requires use of contested membrane technology that the Trump administration rejected in its 2020 rule, citing in part a 2021 agency study that shows significant benefits and lower costs than prior estimates. During a Jan. 18 meeting convened by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), more than a dozen environmentalists from groups including Earthjustice, Southern Environmental Law Center, Center for...