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The rule also would apply to future electric plants and would avoid up to 617 million metric tons of carbon dioxide through 2042.

If finalized, the proposed regulation would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

A rule unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency could force power plants to capture smokestack emissions using a technology that has long been promised but is not in widespread use in the U.S.

The Biden administration proposed new limits Thursday on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, its most ambitious effort yet to roll back emissions blamed for climate change.

Coal and gas plants will need to capture most carbon emissions by the end of the 2030s — or shut down.

If finalized, the rule would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

If finalized, the rule would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

If finalized, the rule would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

If finalized, the rule would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

If finalized, the rule would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, which generate 25% of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution