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West Virginia politician and industry concerns with United States Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking to curb power plant emissions have a poor track record that looms large as critics go after a new round of power plant rules from the EPA. Critics say an EPA move to strengthen carbon pollution standards threatens grid reliability, but similar arguments have proven wrong in the past.
Regardless of whether the rule stands or falls, the standards it sets could happen anyway.
When you live far from the sprawling fields befitting utility-scale solar and wind farms, it’s easy to feel like clean energy isn’t coming online fast enough. But renewables have grown at a staggering rate since 2014 and now account for 22 percent of the nation’s electricity.
Details in the climate rule are shifting as EPA prepares its release.
Nearly a quarter of the nation's grid now runs on renewables, bringing the country closer to its climate goals.