What is carbon capture and storage? Power plant CCS gets a boost with EPA’s proposed new rules, but it’s not a quick solution

The Biden administration proposed new power plant regulations on May 11, 2023, that have the potential to be among the most stringent federal policy measures on coal, oil and gas power plants the United States has ever introduced.

The proposal would cap pollution rates from existing power plants, effectively restricting their emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Operators of fossil fuel power plants would need to find feasible and innovative ways to avoid excessive carbon dioxide releases.

That’s drawing attention to a relatively…