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A 2021 Illinois law requires PSEC plus one other municipally-owned coal power station to reduce their carbon emissions by 45% by 2035 and become carbon-free by 2045. Other coal and oil-fired power stations in Illinois over 25 MWe must become carbon-free by 2030, and natural gas plants by 2045.
The Clean Power Plan was an Obama administration policy aimed at combating climate change that was first proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014. [1] The final version of the plan was unveiled by President Barack Obama on August 3, 2015. [ 2 ]
The Environmental Protection Agency as soon as this week is expected to unveil standards for new and existing power plants, which belch roughly a quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, two ...
EPA proposed carbon pollution standards for new power plants EPA Fact Sheet: May 2012 EPA will issue final GHG standards for powerplants. EPA Settlement Fact Sheet: June 2012 On June 26, 2012, the U.S. D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rules in Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc. v. EPA upholding the Tailoring Rule and the LDV Rule.
Carbon capture plays a major role in the state's attempt to cut down carbon emissions, he said in a statement, adding it will bring "thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars in investment to ...
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The Illinois EPA was established in July 1970, shortly after the first Earth Day. Governor Richard Ogilvie signed into law the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (PA 76-2429), which became effective on July 1, 1970, and created the Illinois EPA. Illinois was the first US state with a comprehensive environmental protection act.
Utility Air Regulatory Group v. Environmental Protection Agency, 573 U.S. 302 (2014) The EPA issued new rules in 2010 that expanded emissions regulations for both regulated air pollutants and greenhouse gases to light and heavy engines and smaller stationary sources.