Abstract
Carbon dioxide emissions from US coal-fired electric power plants will be allowed to continue unabated for at least 4 more years under the Trump administration’s final Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule issued June 19 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The rule gives states 3 years to develop and the EPA 1 year to approve approaches to comply with new power-plant efficiency requirements. Those requirements include reducing the amount of fuel used to generate a kilowatt-hour of electricity. The ACE rule replaces tougher regulations set by the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), which was intended to reduce coal-based emissions. The CPP regulations are currently on hold under a court-ordered stay. Speaking before an audience of coal-state Congress members, coal miners wearing hard hats, and coal and electricity industry representatives, EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler, himself a former coal lobbyist, stressed the importance of coal to the economy and the need
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