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摘要

In a case that could have wide-ranging implications for future US power plants, a federal appeals board has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reconsider a decision not to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from a coal-fired plant in Utah. On 13 November, the EPA's Environmental Appeals Board rejected environmentalists' claims that the agency must regulate CO_2 emissions from a 110-megawatt power plant planned by the Deseret Power Electric Cooperative. But the board also rejected the EPA's argument that it cannot do so because of historical precedent.