Obama plan cuts emissions for future coal plants

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New rules to cut carbon dioxide emissions will make it nearly impossible to build new coal power plants

The Obama administration effectively blocked the construction of any new coal-fired power plants on Tuesday, introducing rules to cut carbon dioxide emissions from the next generation of plants. The...

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