LAS VEGAS (AP) — Several Nevada government and business leaders plan to voice support for a federal campaign to limit carbon pollution from power plants around the nation in an effort to address global climate change.
Organizers say a Monday rally in Las Vegas will follow an Environmental Protection Agency announcement with a list of Nevada businesses supporting the idea of a state clean power plan.
Some Republican governors are critical of the federal plan.
But Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's energy chief, Paul Thomsen, says Nevada is well-positioned to comply with the first national limits on carbon dioxide from existing power plants.
The state's main utility, NV Energy, plans to shut down its aging coal-fired Reid Gardner power plant near Las Vegas in 2017.
Other coal-fired plants are near Winnemucca and Elko.