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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-e...lants-likely-to-be-built-despite-relaxed-rule
The Trump administration is forecasting that no new coal-fired power plants will be built in the United States, despite a new regulatory rollback aimed at making such plants easier to build.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Thursday to increase the allowable carbon dioxide emissions from newly built power plants to 1,900 pounds per megawatt-hour produced, from the 1,400 pounds the Obama administration had set for the climate change pollutant.
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This is no surprise. Major utilities have studied the economics of coal & there is no incentive to build more coal burning power plants when existing ones are being shut down. Any new plants will likely burn natural gas since we have that in abundance. It is less polluting & produces no toxic ash that needs to be disposed of safely.
This is not good news for the coal miners in places like WV & KY.
The Trump administration is forecasting that no new coal-fired power plants will be built in the United States, despite a new regulatory rollback aimed at making such plants easier to build.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Thursday to increase the allowable carbon dioxide emissions from newly built power plants to 1,900 pounds per megawatt-hour produced, from the 1,400 pounds the Obama administration had set for the climate change pollutant.
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This is no surprise. Major utilities have studied the economics of coal & there is no incentive to build more coal burning power plants when existing ones are being shut down. Any new plants will likely burn natural gas since we have that in abundance. It is less polluting & produces no toxic ash that needs to be disposed of safely.
This is not good news for the coal miners in places like WV & KY.