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US EPA poised to repeal carbon standards for gas, coal power plants, Bloomberg News reports
The rollback would scrap Biden-era mandates that required coal and gas plants to use carbon capture and other emissions-cutting technology.
- The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants today, Sept 14, coinciding with the G20 energy ministers' meeting in Houston, Texas.
- Agency officials are finalizing a proposal to scrap mandates from the Biden era that required fossil fuel-fired power plants to deploy emissions-reduction technologies.
- Power plants represent the largest industrial source of greenhouse gas emissions, and rules from President Joe Biden were designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 billion metric tonnes.
- Officials also plan to propose a separate rule repealing the federal finding that greenhouse gases from power plants specifically pose a threat under the Clean Air Act.
- Earlier, the EPA rescinded similar climate standards for vehicles and the 2009 endangerment finding, a landmark ruling which held that greenhouse gases threaten human health, following previous rollbacks under Trump.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to repeal carbon pollution standards for power plants at the G20 energy ministers' meeting, aligning with President Trump's strategy to remove regulatory barriers. The move challenges former President Biden's efforts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions significantly.
·India
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Report: EPA Poised to Repeal Power Plant Carbon Standards
·Boca Raton, United States
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EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants
·New York, United States
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Trump to Erase Limits On Climate Pollution
“The Trump administration plans to announce Monday that the United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas,” the New York Times reports. “The shift by the Environmental Protection Agency would complete the administration’s erasure of the most consequential climate policies of Presidents […]
·New York, United States
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