The rules will require existing coal-fired plants and new high capacity gas-fired plants to reduce their carbon dioxide output by 90 percent, once they take effect
President Joe Biden's government finalized sweeping plans Thursday to curb planet-warming emissions from the nation's fossil fuel plants as part of the United States' efforts to combat the climate crisis.
Hailed as among the most significant tools ever developed for reducing greenhouse gases from the power sector, the rules will require existing coal-fired plants and new high capacity gas-fired plants to reduce their carbon dioxide output by 90 percent, once they take effect.
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