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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrew Feinberg

EPA set to end limits on pollution that power plants can create

EPA Pollution
  • The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to repeal greenhouse gas emission limits for coal- and gas-fired power plants , dismantling major climate policies.
  • The agency will argue that greenhouse gases from power plants do not endanger public health or the environment , aiming to strip future administrations of regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act.
  • EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is set to announce the decision in Houston during a meeting with Group of 20 energy ministers.
  • The action rescinds 2024 rules that required coal plants to capture carbon emissions and gas plants to burn cleaner fuels like hydrogen.
  • The Trump administration justified the rollbacks as a way to meet growing electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence data centers.

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Trump’s EPA set to end regulations on how much pollution coal-fueled power plants can produce — forever

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