President Obama came into office promising to bankrupt coal-fired power plants, a promise he recently reiterated in his “climate action” speech at Georgetown University. The Obama administration has implemented a number of regulations that drive up the cost of using coal, such as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). Additionally, the administration has a number of regulations in the pipeline to further increase coal costs, such as the New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions (NSPS) from New Fossil-Fuel Power Plants. But one overlooked part of the EPA’s anti-coal agenda is the Regional Haze program.
