President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced plans to curb planet-warming emissions from the nation's power stations, as part of the United States' efforts to combat climate change. | ManilaBulletin
Starting from 2030, the proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency would target fossil fuel electricity production with increasingly stringent carbon reduction requirements, including compelling some coal plants to directly capture pollution from their smokestacks.
But the rules, currently in draft form, are certain to face legal challenges that could place them before the conservative-majority Supreme Court, which has previously knocked back efforts to regulate the sector. "I think this rule is important by declaring that the era of unlimited carbon pollution from power plants is over," Dan Lashof, director of World Resources Institute, United States, told AFP.
On the other hand, coal plants set to retire by 2032 will face no restrictions, nor will those retiring by 2035 that operate at less than 20 percent of their capacity. But the administration is betting on the Inflation Reduction Act, which offers generous tax credits for carbon capture, coupled with advances in the technology, to speed up adoption.Biden's ex-boss, former president Barack Obama, first tried to regulate the power sector almost a decade ago, but the high court ruled his plans were too broad and exceeded the executive branch's authority.
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