EPA Publishes Emissions Rule for New Plants to GOP's Dismay

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its rule limiting carbon emissions from new power plants on Wednesday to the dismay of coal advocates and the GOP.

The proposed rule, published nearly four months after EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced it, is a key element of President Obama's climate change agenda.

Included in the new performance standards, EPA pushes for new coal-fired power plants to be built with carbon capture technology, which Republicans argue is impossible since the technology isn't ready.  McCarthy says the technology is ready and is being used already.

EPA Publishes Emissions Rule for New Plants to GOP's Dismay