GoKawiilEPA moves to scrap greenhouse gas limits on coal and oil power plants
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency has proposed eliminating federal restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants. The agency's filing goes further than a simple rollback, seemingly inviting judges to rule that the EPA lacks authority to regulate such emissions from the power sector at all in the future.
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If courts affirm that the EPA cannot regulate power-plant carbon emissions, it would strip away a major tool for curbing U.S. contributions to climate change for years to come, regardless of which administration is in office. The move also signals a broader strategy of using litigation to permanently narrow the agency's regulatory reach rather than just changing policy temporarily.
- EPA seeks to remove greenhouse gas limits on coal and oil power plants
- The filing appears designed to prompt a court ruling barring future regulation
- The strategy could permanently limit the agency's climate authority beyond this administration
Source: gizmodo.com, 2026-09-15
Published there as: “EPA to Power Plants: Flood the Air With As Much Coal and Oil Smog As You Like”
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