EPA Plan Exempts Gas- and Coal-Fired Power from Emissions Regs

With heavy doses of false statements littered throughout, there is (somehow) new news in a New York Times article appearing on Saturday. The article proclaims, "E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants." The Times says it got its hands on internal documents (someone at the EPA needs to be fired) that show the agency has crafted a draft plan that says carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from power plants that burn fossil fuels “do not contribute significantly to dangerous pollution” and they don't contribute to so-called climate change because they are a small and declining share of global emissions.

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