Piles of coal wait to be loaded into trucks at the Sufco Coal Mine, 30 miles east of Salina, Utah, on May 28, 2014. The Sufco mine produces 30,000 tons of more environmentally friendly low-sulfur coal a day which is delivered to coal-fired power plants throughout the western United States. On June 2, President Barack Obama is expected to use his executive authority to issue an Environmental Protection Agency rule forcing power plants to reduce carbon pollution.
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The Obama administration's proposal to reduce carbon emissions from U.S. power plants, expected Monday, could accelerate the nation's shift from coal to natural gas and renewable energy.
The Environmental Protection Agency rules will require states to develop and implement plans to cut power plant emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. They will give states a range of options to comply, including the trading of pollution credits. Critics, however, say they could drive up electricity prices and shutter plants nationwide.
"This is a colossal proposal that should achieve the ...