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EPA's climate change rules could spur renewable energy in West
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Jun 2, 2014
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EPA's climate change rules could spur renewable energy in West
The new EPA rules are aimed at reducing carbon emissions from existing power plants, a main driver of climate change.
The smoke stacks at American Electric Power's (AEP) Mountaineer coal power plant in New Haven, West Virginia, October 30, 2009. In cooperation with AEP, the French company Alstom unveiled the world's largest carbon capture facility at a coal plant, so called "clean coal," which will store around 100,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide a year 2.1 kilometers (7,200 feet) underground. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
File photo: The smoke stacks at American Electric Power's (AEP) Mountaineer coal power plant in New Haven, West Virginia, October 30, 2009.
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The new EPA rules are aimed at reducing carbon emissions from existing power plants, a main driver of climate change.

The new EPA rules are aimed at reducing carbon emissions from existing power plants, a main driver of climate change.

But they could also have an impact on business and industry in the West.

RELATED: Landmark EPA rule aims to cut carbon 30 percent by 2030

For more we turn to Ann Carlson, Shapiro professor of Environmental Law at UCLA and faculty director at the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.