As Final New Source GHG Rule Nears, Doubts About CCS Mandate Grow

As EPA prepares to finalize its new source performance standards (NSPS) to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new power plants, most observers agree that the agency has dropped its proposed requirement to mandate that new coal plants include partial carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). Less clear, though, is what EPA will do in its place, with two options thought to be most likely. One is that EPA would revert to an earlier proposal that set a single GHG standard...