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Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced sweeping plans to curb planet-warming emissions from the nation's power stations, as part of the United States' efforts to combat the climate crisis.

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EPA's New Power Plant Rules Would Be Hard To Implement, Possibly Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that the agency lacked the authority to regulate the entire energy industry at once, but the Biden administration is taking another swing at it anyway.

Reason

What is carbon capture and storage? EPA’s new power plant standards proposal gives it a boost, but CCS is not a quick solution

The Biden administration proposed new power plant rules on May 11, 2023, that have the potential to be among the most stringent federal policy measures on coal, oil and gas power plants the United States has ever introduced.

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Biden administration announces plan to curb emissions from power plants

AFP

EPA releases proposal for limiting power plant carbon emissions - Roll Call

The EPA proposed regulations to cut climate-warming emissions from power plants that burn fossil fuels to generate electricity.

Roll Call

In major climate step, EPA proposes 1st limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

The Biden administration is proposing new limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to reduce planet-warming pollution from the nation’s second-largest contributor to climate change

The Independent UK

An EPA proposal to (almost) eliminate climate pollution from power plants

Coal and natural gas-fired power plants would have to dramatically reduce the climate-warming greenhouse gasses they emit under proposed federal rules.

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New US rules could stem emissions from coal and gas power plants

Environmental groups laud the regulation, which would advance clean power in the US – if it survives expected legal challenges

The Guardian - US

Why are interest rates going up – and how does raising them help inflation?

The Bank of England has hiked the interest rate to 4.5%

The Independent UK

The incredible rise and dramatic fall of George Santos

The GOP lawmaker and suspected fraudster’s murky and ever-changing biography makes it difficult to parse truth from fiction, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Manchin says he will oppose all EPA nominees - Roll Call

Sen. Joe Manchin III vowed to oppose all EPA nominees, citing his displeasure over a coming greenhouse gas emissions rule for power plants.

Roll Call

Kevin De Bruyne is Man City’s man for the big occasion but has he met his match?

De Bruyne’s thunderbolt secured City a Champions League semi-final first-leg draw at Real Madrid

The Independent UK

Court: EPA must regulate perchlorate, contaminant in water

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must regulate perchlorate, reversing a rollback the agency first made under then-President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Report: Tesla Giga Texas Produces 5,000 Model Y Per Week

The Tesla Giga Texas plant in Austin continues to increase its electric car production rate, reaching another milestone.

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The Guardian - AU

Households offered $1bn help in budget to install energy saving measures

Low-cost loans for double glazing, solar panels and other improvements should benefit more than 100,000 households, while $2bn is set aside for hydrogen projects

WEKU

Florida lawmakers want to use radioactive material to pave roads

Phosphogypsum, a byproduct in the fertilizer industry, contains uranium and radium — and as the EPA notes, it also forms radon, "a cancer-causing, radioactive gas."

InsideEVs

2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Vs. Tesla Model Y: Are They Competitive?

Let's take a look at the two most popular all-electric crossover/SUV models in the US - Tesla Model Y and Ford Mustang Mach-E, comparing the main elements.

The Independent UK

Florida may study use of radioactive waste in building roads

Florida may study whether a radioactive waste byproduct of fertilizer production can be used to help build roads

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Roll Call

Meet the new permitting debate. It’s the same as the old one. - Roll Call

The forces for and against a permitting overhaul, a version of which is in the GOP debt limit bill, look much as they did in December.

The Independent UK

Arcturus: What we know about the new Covid variant and its symptoms

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 34 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

InsideEVs

2023 Subaru Solterra: Is Its EPA Range And Prices Any Better Than Toyota bZ4X?

The 2023 Subaru Solterra is a direct cousin of the Toyota bZ4X, but available only in all-wheel drive version, with 222-228 miles of EPA range.

The Guardian - US

US food pesticides contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ testing finds

PFAS are present at ‘potentially dangerous’ levels in widely used chemicals sprayed on food crops destined for Americans’ plates

Salon

Ethanol isn’t dead yet

The biofuel's bipartisan support isn't about science, but politics

The Guardian - US

US agency takes unprecedented action to tackle PFAS water pollution

EPA has ordered chemical company Chemours to stop discharging high levels of the toxic substance into the Ohio River

The Independent UK

New pipeline agency rule aimed at cutting methane leaks

The federal agency that regulates pipelines has announced new rules aimed at reducing leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from a network of nearly 3 million miles of natural gas pipelines that crisscross the country

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