Source: Forbes

Excerpt:

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday outlined a set of new rules that require fossil fuel-based power plants to cut pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by 2032 or be shut down, a significant climate policy push by the Biden administration climate that will likely be challenged in court.

The EPA said the rules would prevent 1.38 billion metric tons of carbon pollution from entering the atmosphere through 2047—equivalent to the annual emissions of 328 million gas-powered cars.

Under the rules, coal plants that intend to stay open beyond 2039 and new gas-powered plants will need to either cut or capture and store 90% of their carbon dioxide emissions from their smokestacks by 2032.

Read more: New EPA Rules Drastically Limit Emissions From Power Plants That Burn Fossil Fuels