The 495-megawatt Alamitos natural gas-fired power station stands in Long Beach, Calif. The Obama administration has announced that rather than wait for Congress to act, it has authorized the EPA to move forward on enacting new regulations on greenhouse gas emissions emitted from hundreds of power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people’s health and must be regulated, officials tell The Associated Press.

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