Fed EPA Issues Onerous New Rule/Tax on PA/OH/WV Power Plants

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023

Once again, the Biden administration is attacking the fossil fuel industry. This time it is via one of its favorite blunt force instruments: the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Yesterday the EPA released what it calls its final "Good Neighbor Plan" that forces gas- (and coal-) fired power plants to further reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. It's either reduce NOx by installing really expensive new equipment, shut the plant down, or option #3...pay an indulgence (tax) to keep sinning (polluting) by purchasing an "offset." Liberals are so predictable.

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