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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Oliver Milman

US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to fight climate crisis

emissions rise from a smokestack
A flue-gas stack blows exhaust at a coal-fired power plant in Ghent, Kentucky, on 14 February 2026. Photograph: Jon Cherry/Getty Images

On the heels of the hottest summer ever recorded in the US, the Trump administration has said it will erase any limits on emissions from coal and gas plants that are dangerously heating up our planet.

The US Environmental Protection Agency said it will strip itself of its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions coming from power plants under the Clean Air Act, removing a key tool to address the climate crisis.

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