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New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal

By Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School

Electric power generation in the U.S. is shifting rapidly away from fossil fuels toward cleaner and lower-carbon sources. State clean energy targets and dramatic declines in the cost of renewable electricity are the most important reasons.

But fossil fuel plants still generate 60% of the U.S. electricity supply, producing air, water and land pollutants and greenhouse gases in…

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