Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The plan is likely to be challenged by industry groups and Republican-leaning states.

Officials say the rule issued Tuesday advances President Biden’s commitment to environmental justice for communities burdened by industrial pollution from chemicals such as chloroprene.

A rule unveiled by the Environmental Protection Agency could force power plants to capture smokestack emissions using a technology that has long been promised but is not in widespread use in the U.S.

President Biden also will announce a series of steps to conserve, restore and expand access to public lands and waters across the country, the White House said.

Haaland opposed Willow when she served in Congress and says the Interior Department had to make “difficult” choices.

The plan marks the first time the EPA has proposed what it calls lifesaving regulation of a toxic group of compounds that are widespread, dangerous and expensive to remove from water.

Fresno, California, displaced Fairbanks, Alaska, as the metropolitan area with the worst short-term particle pollution, a report found.

Only about 1% of the nation’s 480,000 school buses were electric as of last year.

The rule change will have little practical effect, since nearly all commercially made showerheads comply with a 2013 rule — the pet peeve of the former president notwithstanding.

Smaller timber sales, including some old-growth trees, will still be offered for local communities and cultural uses such as totem poles, canoes and tribal artisan use, the Forest Service said.

The resolution was approved under the Congressional Review Act, which allows Congress to overturn certain regulations that have been in place for just a short time.

Tommy Beaudreau is politically close to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a former chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee who holds great sway over oil drilling, endangered species and other department issues

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she was flabbergasted that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland did not address the court ruling in her prepared remarks to a Senate committee.

Three Republican senators — Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Rob Portman of Ohio — joined 49 Democrats to approve the measure.

President Biden drew commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.