Climate Changed
New York Is Killing Off Its Last Coal-Fired Power Plants
- Rule establishes emissions limits that coal plants can’t meet
- New York says standard will end its coal demand by late 2020
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New York has adopted a rule to eventually kill off its last two coal-fired power plants.
The state’s environmental regulator said Thursday that it had finalized regulations requiring all power generators to meet new carbon-dioxide emissions limits that are nearly impossible for coal plants to hit. In doing so, the agency said, Governor Andrew Cuomo will fulfill his goal of banning New York power plants from burning coal by the end of 2020.