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Shelley Moore Capito: “The Biden-era MATS rule and this CRA [that] would resuscitate that rule are intended to close coal-fired power plants.”

On the recordJune 4, 2026
The Biden-era MATS rule and this CRA [that] would resuscitate that rule are intended to close coal-fired power plants.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Describing the impact of the Biden-era MATS rule

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