The Next Big Emissions Battle Is Not Cars; It's About Coal
Follow John  Power plant  Power plant  Enlarge Photo   The math
is complicated, but vehicles in 2025 will have to reach a fleet-
wide average of 54.5 mpg by 2025--or about 42 mpg on their
window stickers.  So what's the next battleground over reducing
emissions?  It's coal.  Specifically, it's a set of proposed
rules to limit emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas,
from future new powerplants--whether coal or natural-gas.  Coal
plants would get a higher limit, but one that's significantly
below what current plants acheive.  According to a report last
month in The New York Times, to assist utilities in complying
with the new limits, the EPA plans to revive a program to aid
clean-energy development.  Revised rules are now being written,
though the entire concept of the program will surely face
intense opposition from a portion of Congress.  New rules face
'challenges'  As the newspaper notes in its usual genteel
language, the new EPA limits on ca