# EPA finalizes first carbon limits on existing coal and new gas power plants (2024)

Date: 2024

On 25 April 2024, the [US Environmental Protection Agency](/organizations/env-org-us-epa), under Administrator [Michael Regan](/people/env-michael-regan), finalized carbon-pollution standards requiring long-running existing coal plants and new baseload gas plants to cut greenhouse-gas emissions sharply, largely through carbon capture and storage. It was the first time the federal government set carbon-dioxide limits on existing coal-fired power plants.

## People

- Michael Regan: https://factrail.ai/people/michael-regan

## Drivers

- Decarbonization and climate-mitigation policy: https://factrail.ai/drivers/env-decarbonization-policy

## Sources

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## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/env-fact-epa-power-plant-carbon-rule-2024