GoKawiilEPA moves to scrap all greenhouse gas limits on US power plants
The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a plan to eliminate remaining federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, finalizing the repeal of Biden-era rules and proposing removal of related emissions standards. The agency argues climate pollution's health impacts are too diffuse to regulate, even as electricity demand rises from AI, EVs, and manufacturing growth.
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This marks one of the most significant rollbacks yet in Trump's deregulatory push favoring fossil fuels and easing buildout of power-hungry data centers. Advocacy groups warn the change could worsen respiratory illness, storm damage, and health costs, while critics note the US remains among the world's largest historical carbon emitters, undercutting the agency's rationale for inaction.
- EPA is repealing Biden-era greenhouse gas rules for power plants and proposing further rollbacks.
- The agency claims climate harms are too uncertain to justify regulating power sector emissions.
- Health and environmental groups warn of rising asthma, heat-related illness, and storm damage costs.
Source: theverge.com — Justine Calma, 2026-09-14
Published there as: “Trump throws out power plant climate pollution rules”
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