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New Emissions Policy Sparks Debate


It didn’t take long for the latest environmental mandate proposed by the Obama administration to start drawing sharply divided responses from within the US.  Amid all the debate, the shale gas industry finds itself in an enviable winner-take-all position. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) “Clean Power Plan” requires the country’s 1,600 fossil fuel-fired electric power…

Alabama’s Barry Electric power plant at the Mobile River is just one of the nation’s plants likely to feel the impact if new regulations pass.
Alabama’s Barry Electric power plant at the Mobile River is just one of the nation’s plants likely to feel the impact of new regulations.

It didn’t take long for the latest environmental mandate proposed by the Obama administration to start drawing sharply divided responses from within the US.  Amid all the debate, the shale gas industry finds itself in an enviable winner-take-all position.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) “Clean Power Plan” requires the country’s 1,600 fossil fuel-fired electric power plants to cut carbon pollution by 30% from 2005 levels by 2030.


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