Trump’s 2-Year Reprieve Gives Coal Plants ‘a Free Pass to Pollute’

Trump’s 2-year reprieve gives coal plants ‘a free pass to pollute’

Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave this country’s nearly 200 remaining coal-fired power plants until 2027 to install or improve air quality monitoring devices on smokestacks to meet federal guidelines to cut hazardous pollutants including mercury, arsenic, lead, and particulate matter.  But through executive action, President Donald Trump last month granted a two-year reprieve to some of those plants from the strengthened M…

Birchtech Applauds EPA and President Donald J. Trump’s Proclamation Supporting American Clean Coal

President Grants Two-Year Exemption from Biden-Era Clean Power Plan 2.0 Requirements on Coal Plants

Congressman Rogers Applauds President Trump’s Executive Order to Revive America’s Coal Industry

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) applauds President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order to Unleash American Energy by reinvigorating “America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry.” Read More …