Source: https://www.usatoday.com/, May 21, 2024
By: Cecilia Garzella

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new emission standards targeting coal-fired power plants that aim to cut their carbon pollution, a major contributor to global warming and climate change, by 90%.

This federal initiative marks a significant step toward combating rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns caused by the buildup of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, said experts including Catherine Hausman, an environmental and energy economist who teaches at the University of Michigan. Read more.