GoKawiilEPA Repeals 2024 Carbon Limits on Coal and Gas Power Plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced on September 14 that it is rescinding the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards, which had required coal plants and new gas plants to capture 90 percent of their carbon emissions or close by 2039. The agency says the rollback will save industry $370 million in compliance costs, but has not disclosed the resulting public health toll.
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Power plants are the country's second-largest source of greenhouse gases, so scrapping these limits removes a major tool for cutting emissions tied to climate change and dangerous local air pollution. The Biden administration had estimated the standards would prevent 1,200 deaths and 360,000 asthma attacks annually by 2035, benefits that are now at risk. The move also reflects a broader policy shift, as the EPA said in January it would stop factoring health costs into its economic assessments of pollution rules.
- EPA repeals 2024 rule requiring 90% carbon capture or shutdown for coal and new gas plants by 2039
- Repeal removes limits projected to cut 1.38 billion metric tons of carbon pollution through 2047
- EPA cites $370 million in industry savings but omits estimates of public health costs
Source: text.hrw.org, 2026-09-20
Published there as: “US Revokes Limits on Power Plants' Climate Pollution”
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