"EPA To Call For 30 Percent Cut To Power Plant Emissions By 2030"

EPA To Call For 30 Percent Cut To Power Plant Emissions By 2030

by Kate Sheppard at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/01/epa-carbon-rules-power-plants_n_5428562.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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WASHINGTON –- The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed standards for power plants will call for a 30 percent cut in emissions by 2030, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday afternoon.

The piece cites two unnamed sources who were briefed on the rule's contents. The sources said the plan will lead to a 25 percent cut in emissions by 2020. The standard would use a 2005 baseline for the cuts, according to the piece.

In a statement to The Huffington Post on Sunday afternoon, the EPA declined to comment on the information in the Wall Street Journal piece. "EPA will release its proposed carbon pollution reduction rule on Monday," EPA spokeswoman Liz Purchia said. "Until then the agency will not comment on any information that may or may not be in the proposal."

The draft rules coming Monday will be the first-ever carbon standards for the fleet of existing power plants in the U.S., which generate 39 percent of total emissions in this country, according to the Energy Information Administration.



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