Environmental activists accused the administration of caving to fossil fuel industry pressure.
The Valley Generating Station, a gas-fired power station located in Sun Valley, California, was reported to have been leaking methane starting in 2019.on Friday panned the Biden administration’s decision to delay a regulatory crackdown on existing gas-fired power plants by exempting the major polluters from a forthcoming rule aimed at curbing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
“Don’t get us wrong, we applaud the EPA for finalizing the rules regulating harmful local pollutants from these power plants,” the group added. “These rules are a huge win for environmental justice and will protect frontline communities from toxic air pollution. But, we need more from Biden.” “It is inexplicable that EPA, knowing of these emissions, did not focus this rulemaking on existing gas-fired plants from its inception,” the senator continued. “EPA promises that some future proposed rule will address these emissions, but time is not on our side, and the agency’s generally lethargic rulemaking pace does not leave one optimistic.
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