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What is carbon capture and storage? EPA’s new power plant standards proposal gives it a boost, but CCS is not a quick solution

  • Written by Soyoung Oh, Junior Research Fellow in Climate Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

The Biden administration proposed new power plant rules on May 11, 2023, that have the potential to be among the most stringent federal policy measures on coal, oil and gas power plants the United States has ever introduced.

The proposal would set new carbon pollution standards for existing power plants, effectively restricting their emissions of...

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