Posted 3/1/2024, 12:30:00 AM
EPA Delays Stricter Emissions Limits for Gas Plants, Aiming to Strengthen Protections for Disadvantaged Communities
- EPA delaying final limits on emissions from gas plants to strengthen them, likely until after 2024 election
- Move comes after requests from environmental justice groups to better protect disadvantaged communities
- Administration trying to tout climate record amid bruising reelection campaign against Trump
- EPA still on track to finalize coal and new gas plant rules in April
- Taking more comprehensive approach to cover more gas plants and more pollutants