EPA Coal Plant Regulations

These are notes from EPA Emission Regulations.

• Proposed emission rules for EPA spell gradual demise of coal power generation
• set a standard within capabilities of gas fired plants but impossible for coal w/o carbon capture and storage technology
• transitional exemption to make change gradual
• makes coal more expensive
• Natural Gas has recently had a boom
• EPA wants to entrench current advantage of gas
• Limiting coal is part of a larger scheme to remake energy industry
• EPA picks fights with coal-state democrats
• aggressive pushes to control emissions
• multiplying congressional enemies
• Most promising technology integrated gasification with integrated carbon capture and storage
• nowhere near commercial use
• Dangerous powers for an organization to have
• through the use of regulations, EPA has controls on which industries can succeed or fail in the energy industry
• EPA has the ability to bypass Congress
• however the powers currently being used are done with forewarning

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