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Related article<\/span> Green hydrogen could be the fuel of the future. Here\u2019s why it\u2019s not yet a silver bullet<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The power plant rules are still under review and no final decisions on them have been made. <\/p>\n
EPA spokesperson Tim Carroll declined to comment, saying, \u201cThe draft final rule is currently with the Office of Management and Budget under interagency review.\u201d A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n
The EPA power plant rules are one of the most important and highly anticipated planks of President Joe Biden\u2019s climate agenda. <\/p>\n
The potential change comes amid questions on how quickly the industry could scale up clean hydrogen, a relatively nascent technology derived both from fossil fuels such as natural gas, as well as cleaner hydrogen \u2013 which uses clean electricity to split water. <\/p>\n
Utilities have proposed building more natural gas plants to keep electricity flowing onto a grid with increased demands from the growing number of electric vehicles and AI and data centers. Clean energy and climate groups have argued in favor of cleaner and cheaper sources of energy such as wind, solar and battery storage. <\/p>\n
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Related article<\/span> They went hunting for fossil fuels. What they found could help save the world<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The possible move away from hydrogen could make it easier for the EPA to defend against potential court challenges to the plan. <\/p>\n
The conservative Supreme Court and its 2022 ruling on West Virginia v. EPA<\/em> <\/em>has loomed large over how the agency has crafted its rules. The Supreme Court ruling significantly curtailed the EPA\u2019s ability to regulate carbon pollution at power plants by having utilities outfit their power plants with carbon capture, rather than requiring a shift from coal or natural gas-fired power to cheaper and cleaner sources like wind and solar. <\/p>\n One of the thorny issues facing the EPA was how using hydrogen at natural gas plants would fall in the Supreme Court\u2019s narrow definition. And some environmental groups were concerned it would be tough for the federal government to ensure the hydrogen was clean, not more polluting. <\/p>\n
The EPA is also considering pushing back its initial timeline requiring existing coal-fired power plants to cut or capture 90% of their planet-warming pollution using carbon capture and storage by two years to 2032, the sources said. <\/p>\n
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Related article<\/span> ChatGPT\u2019s boss claims nuclear fusion is the answer to AI\u2019s soaring energy needs. Not so fast, experts say<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The EPA announced in February it would delay the rule-making process for carbon emissions from existing gas plants, which had initially been covered under the agency\u2019s proposal last year. <\/p>\n
O\u2019Boyle said that, judging from the comments and wide disagreement from industry and environmental groups, it is very likely that EPA will face a lawsuit. <\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing we can all count on is that the EPA will be sued by an aggrieved party under this rule, no matter what,\u201d O\u2019Boyle said. \u201cThere will be lawsuits.\u201d <\/p>\n
Vickie Patton, an attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund, told reporters on a Thursday call she believes the EPA\u2019s final rule will be on \u201cstrong\u201d legal footing. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve really followed the law, and they have also a very rigorous record,\u201d Patton said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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