re: US EPA defends carbon capture tech underpinning new power plant rule

First of all this mandate by the EPA is likely illegal and will get overturned in the courts. Laws have to come from congress.

Second, depending the proximity to a CCS reservoir to new power plants the CCS project can be a money maker or money loser. The closer you are to a reservoir the less CCS infrastructure you need to build. Some power plants are just not close to geologic reservoirs and CCS is just not feasible. I hope EPA is taking this into consideration.