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EPA FACT SHEET: Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants

EPA FACT SHEET: Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants

Full Title:   EPA FACT SHEET: Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants
Author(s): Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher(s): Environmental Protection Agency
Publication Date: March 1, 2012
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Description (excerpt):

On March 27, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants. This common‐sense step under the Clean Air Act would, for the first time, set national limits on the amount of carbon pollution power plants, built in the future, can emit.
EPA’s proposed standard reflects the ongoing trend in the power sector to build cleaner plants that take advantage of American‐made technologies. The agency’s proposal, which does not apply to plants currently operating or new permitted plants that begin construction over the next 12 months, is flexible and would help minimize carbon pollution through the deployment of the same types of modern technologies and steps that power companies are already taking to build the next generation of power plants. EPA’s proposal would ensure that this progress toward a cleaner, safer and more modern power sector continues.

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