The biggest immediate impact of the Trump administration rolling back Biden-era emissions standards on power plants is it will keep more old coal and gas-fired plants viable for longer to help provide additional energy for data centers and the AI boom, experts said.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday it finalized the repeal of emission-reduction mandates for power plants that were intended to combat climate change. The announcement came shortly after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the 2026 summer was the warmest in U.S. history—about 3 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
