BYRACHEL FRAZIN- 04/22/23 6:00 AM ET

SHARETWEET https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3963816-this-earth-day-a-major-climate-decision-looms-for-biden/

The Biden administration faces what could be one of its most consequential climate decisions yet as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) weighs how to regulate power plants.

The power sector is a major contributor to climate change, making upa quarterof total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2021.

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The agencyis expectedto soon propose new regulationsthat aim to limit how much carbon power plants can emit, but the specifics of how they will do so is unclear.

Nevertheless, climate activists say the rules will be monumental in the fight against global warming.

David Doniger, senior strategic director for the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Climate & Clean Energy Program, said that cutting emissions from vehicles — which the Biden administrationrecently proposed to…