Report: EPA To Seek 30 Percent Carbon Emissions Cut By 2030

CORRECTS TO REPLACE 3RD SENTENCE WITH INFO RELATED TO POWER PLANT SHOWN - FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2011 file photo shows the main plant facility at the Navajo Generating Station, from Lake Powell, in Page, Ariz. The ... CORRECTS TO REPLACE 3RD SENTENCE WITH INFO RELATED TO POWER PLANT SHOWN - FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2011 file photo shows the main plant facility at the Navajo Generating Station, from Lake Powell, in Page, Ariz. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is slated to release rules aimed at reducing mercury pollution from large coal-fired power plants. The operator of Navajo Generating Station said the 2,250-megawatt plant will run as long as the owners are convinced there isn't a better alternative. But spokesman Scott Harelson said the plant is facing some challenges, the most pressing of which are EPA regulations, and negotiating coal supply agreements and a site lease — "any of which could put the plant at risk of closure." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Fle) MORE LESS
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday will propose a draft rule that would seek to cut power plant carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

The rule would give flexibility to states on how to meet that goal and percentage cut will vary from state to state, two sources told the Wall Street Journal.

The EPA will propose its official draft rule on Monday, according to EPA spokesman Tom Reynolds.

“EPA will release its proposed carbon pollution reduction rule on Monday,” Reynolds told the Journal. “Until then the agency will not comment on any information that may or may not be in the proposal.”

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