The EPA announced new rules that would drastically limit climate pollution from the power sector. Nicholas Kuznitz: How does the power sector end up being such a big contributor to climate change? Eli Patel: We have an obligation to not only leave behind a healthier planet for generations after us, but to leave behind a fairer and more just society.
The EPA has just announced new rules for power plants to clean up their act. But to get to those lower limits, companies might have to switch to two largely untested technologies in the power sector: hydrogen production and carbon capture.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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