US set to axe climate pollution limits for power plants
The change would roll back rules introduced by former president Joe Biden's administration in 2024, which required coal and gas power plants to eliminate nearly all their carbon emissions.
US President Donald Trump's administration is set to eliminate climate pollution limits for coal and gas power plants on Monday, according to US media reports. This move would overturn a rule introduced by former President Joe Biden's administration in 2024, which mandated a near-complete elimination of carbon emissions from these plants.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lee Zeldin, is expected to make the announcement during a G20 energy ministers meeting in Houston, as reported by Bloomberg News and the New York Times.
The new regulations will retain some limitations on mercury, arsenic, and other pollutants, as per the Times. Coal, being the primary fuel for greenhouse gas emissions, significantly contributes to climate change. Trump has long dismissed human-induced climate change as a hoax and has since taking office made it his priority to dismantle various environmental regulations, many of which restricted fossil fuel usage.
In a bid to roll back environmental regulations, the EPA recently reversed its 2009 Endangerment Finding, a scientific determination that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.
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- US set to axe climate pollution limits on coal, gas power plants malaymail.com
