On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new rules that would require coal- and gas-fired power plants to achieve significant decreases in carbon emissions within the next two decades. According to Politico, plants would be required to lower their carbon output by "90 percent between 2035 and 2040—or shut down."
Citing authorities granted under the Clean Air Act, the agency said in a statement that "the proposed limits and guidelines would require ambitious reductions in carbon pollution based on proven and cost-effective control technologies that can be applied directly to power plants." Key among those technologies are "carbon capture and storage (CCS) and clean hydrogen."
