Backstory: The EPA's New Rule for Coal-Fired Power Plants

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 28, 2012

On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency issued the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from newly constructed power plants. On today’s Backstory, Washington Post environment reporter Juliet Eilperin discusses why many are saying that the rule, which was years in the making, will mean the end of new coal-fired power plants.

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