EPA's Climate Efforts Face Opposition from Manchin and Critics.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan defended the agency's new proposal to reduce planet-heating gases from power plants, saying it would curb pollution, provide better-paying jobs, and reduce the effects of climate change. The proposal would push power generators to turn to carbon capture technology to curb their emissions, a plan that would require dramatically ramping up the young industry. However, opponents, including Republicans and industry groups, criticized the proposal as a recipe for economic ruin and argued that the industry wasn't ready for the changes the Biden administration was pushing.