April 25, 2024
The US EPA finalized four standards that will slash air, water, and carbon pollution in the power sector.
“Today is the culmination of years of advocacy for common-sense safeguards that will have a direct impact on communities long forced to suffer in the shadow of the dirtiest power plants in the country,” said Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club. “It is also a major step forward in our movement’s fight to decarbonize the electric sector and help avoid the worst impacts of climate change.”
Read more via the Chicago Tribune.