New US rules on coal due this week

Associated Press

CHARLESTON, W.Va.

The coal industry is bracing for new federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fired by coal.

The rules are expected to emerge by week’s end from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to media reports. The EPA is expected to set carbon dioxide emissions limits for new plants that would effectively prohibit future construction.

West Virginia politicians say the new rules support their contention that there is a so-called national war on coal.