It’s no secret that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the coal industry are at a constant battle with one another; one side fighting for change, the other fighting to remain the same. In recent years, the EPA has taken strong measures to restyle America’s energy production. The imperfectly-shaped black mineral that was once regarded […]
Last week, the EPA issued their very first draft rules limiting carbon dioxide emissions from future coal and natural gas power plants in the United States (EPA). The new rules will limit the carbon emissions of all future coal-fired plants to 1100 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour (lbs CO2/MWh) and to 1000 lbs CO2/MWh for […]