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Congressional Disapproval of EPA Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Power Plants

This Congressional resolution aims to reject new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. If passed, the less strict existing rules would remain, potentially impacting energy costs and air quality.
Key points
Congress seeks to block new, stricter greenhouse gas emission standards for power plants.
Rejecting these standards means power plants will not have to meet new pollution reduction requirements.
This could affect electricity prices and the quality of the air we breathe.
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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule".
Print number: HJRES 163
Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
Process start date: 2024-06-05