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‘Not driven by sound science’: EPA Reversal on Wyoming Coal Power Plant’s Plan Criticized

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‘Not driven by sound science’: EPA Reversal on Wyoming Coal Power Plant’s Plan Criticized
A coal fired power plant in Laramie, Wyoming, on June 26, 2007. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
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After more than a year of inaction, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Jan. 12 that it proposes to disapprove the State of Wyoming’s changes to its regional haze plan for PacifiCorp’s Jim Bridger coal power plant, potentially closing down Unit 2 of the facility for a year or more.

Yet in an exclusive interview with The Epoch Times, a Trump EPA official verified that he greenlit those changes in November 2020.

Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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