{"id":1929284,"date":"2023-05-12T00:27:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T04:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-bidens-new-environmental-rule-could-force-coal-and-gas-plants-to-shut-down-entirely\/"},"modified":"2023-05-12T00:32:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T04:32:00","slug":"how-bidens-new-environmental-rule-could-force-coal-and-gas-plants-to-shut-down-entirely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-bidens-new-environmental-rule-could-force-coal-and-gas-plants-to-shut-down-entirely\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s environmental rule may lead to complete shutdown of coal and gas plants."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-bidens-new-environmental-rule-could-force-coal-and-gas-plants-to-shut-down-entirely%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1929284&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>EPA&#8217;s Emission Standards: A Near-Impossible Challenge for Coal and Gas Plants<\/h2>\n<h3>The Problem with Biden&#8217;s Environmental Protection Agency Standards<\/h3>\n<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently unveiled stringent emission standards that require coal and gas power plants to reduce their carbon emissions by 90% between 2035 and 2040. To meet these standards, the EPA is advising the plants to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-off-track-heres-how-republicans-plan-to-move-the-needle-on-climate-change\/\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019re Off Track\u2019: Here\u2019s How Republicans Plan To Move The Needle On Climate Change\">carbon capture technology<\/a> to store the emissions underground before they hit the atmosphere. However, this technology is both expensive and largely unproven, and no power plant in the country currently uses it. Implementing carbon capture would require the construction of billions of dollars in pipelines to funnel emissions underground. As a result, energy experts and federal lawmakers are arguing that the standards are aimed at regulating fossil fuel plants out of business.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact of the Standards on America&#8217;s Power Grid and Energy Independence<\/h3>\n<p>Coal and gas combine to generate roughly 60% of America&#8217;s electricity, and without those energy sources, &#8220;Biden will have overseen the dismantling of the least expensive, most reliable large power system in the world,&#8221; according to Heartland Institute environmental policy expert Sterling Burnett. The materials needed to produce Biden&#8217;s preferred green energy alternatives\u2014wind and solar\u2014are also controlled by China, making green electricity &#8220;the death knell of America&#8217;s global economic competitiveness and a dream come true for a hostile China,&#8221; according to Heartland Institute president James Taylor. &#8220;We simply cannot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-epa-pick-most-solar-energy-electric-vehicle-parts-come-from-china\/\" title=\"Biden EPA Pick: \u2018Most\u2019 Solar Energy, Electric Vehicle Parts \u2018Come From China\u2019\">remain globally competitive<\/a> if we eliminate the utilization of America&#8217;s most affordable, reliable energy sources,&#8221; Taylor said.<\/p>\n<h3>The Legal Challenges to the Rule<\/h3>\n<p>The administration&#8217;s optimism could be dashed by impending legal challenges to the rule. Energy and Environment Legal Institute senior fellow Steve Milloy said the &#8220;illegal&#8221; rule &#8220;has no chance of withstanding legal scrutiny&#8221; given a recent Supreme Court ruling that limited the Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s ability to regulate fossil fuel power plants. Former George W. Bush environmental official Jeff Holmstead, meanwhile, said the rule has &#8220;serious legal vulnerabilities&#8221; given its reliance on questionable carbon capture technology. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it would be that hard to say, &#8216;Look, this technology hasn&#8217;t been adequately demonstrated yet,'&#8221; Holmstead told Politico.<\/p>\n<h3>The Bottom Line<\/h3>\n<p>The EPA&#8217;s emission standards mandate the use of green technology that &#8220;doesn&#8217;t really exist,&#8221; according to experts. The standards are forcing coal and gas plants to adopt expensive, unproven green technology or shut down. While the Biden administration defends its power plant rule, legal challenges and the crippling effect on America&#8217;s power grid and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-bidens-new-environmental-rule-could-force-coal-and-gas-plants-to-shut-down-entirely\/\" title=\"Biden's environmental rule may lead to complete shutdown of coal and gas plants.\">energy independence remain major concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biden&#8217;s EPA is imposing near-impossible emission standards on coal and gas plants<\/li>\n<li>Carbon capture technology is expensive and largely unproven<\/li>\n<li>Regulating fossil fuel plants out of business could have a crippling effect on America&#8217;s power grid and energy independence<\/li>\n<li>The legal challenges to the rule are significant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong> The EPA&#8217;s emission standards mandate the use of green technology that &#8220;doesn&#8217;t really exist,&#8221; according to experts. The standards are forcing coal and gas plants to adopt expensive, unproven green technology or shut down. While the Biden administration defends its power plant rule, legal challenges and the crippling effect on America&#8217;s power grid and energy independence remain major concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPA&#8217;s stringent emission standards mandate use of green tech that &#8216;doesn&#8217;t really exist,&#8217; experts say AP The Biden administration is imposing near-impossible emission standards on coal and gas plants that force them to adopt the use of expensive, unproven green technology\u2014or shut down. President Joe Biden&#8217;s Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday morning unveiled the standards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":1929285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[3706,4428,6594,5120,7536,6961,11072,6610,5123],"class_list":["post-1929284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-bidens","tag-coal","tag-complete","tag-environmental","tag-gas","tag-lead","tag-plants","tag-rule","tag-shutdown"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1929284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1929284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1929284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1929284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1929284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}