Reuters: New York environmental regulators on Thursday adopted carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) limits for new and expanded power plants that are slightly stricter than proposed federal limits and make it nearly impossible to build a new coal unit in the state.
There are no coal plants under active development in New York, which currently has about two dozen coal units — some very old, small and rarely operated — capable of generating about 2,800 megawatts (MW) of power.
“By preventing new high-carbon…

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