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WASHINGTON — President Biden’s administration is poised to announce limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that could compel them to capture the pollution from their smokestacks, technology now used by fewer than 20 of the nation’s 3,400 coal and gas-fired plants, according to three people who were briefed on the rule. If …

US senators approve Kigali Amendment in 69-27 vote hailed by environmentalists as welcome step to tackle climate crisis. The United States Senate has adopted an amendment to an international environmental treaty that would phase out the use of planet-warming greenhouse gases in a move hailed as a major step to …