{
  "id": 7282177,
  "title": "US set to axe climate pollution limits for power plants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/us-set-to-axe-climate-pollution-limits-for-power-plants-7282177",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T08:13:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/09/14/us-set-to-axe-climate-pollution-limits-for-power-plants"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The US administration is poised to eliminate climate pollution limits for coal and gas power plants, according to recent reports from US media outlets. This move, expected to take effect on Monday, will reverse rules implemented by President Biden's administration in 2024, which mandated a near-complete elimination of carbon emissions from such facilities. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, Lee Zeldin, is anticipated to announce this change during a G20 energy ministers meeting in Houston, sources familiar with the matter have indicated to Bloomberg News and the New York Times.\n\nDespite the proposed rollback, power plants would continue to adhere to certain restrictions on mercury, arsenic, and other contaminants, The New York Times reported. Coal, which is the primary fuel responsible for the highest levels of greenhouse gas emissions, thus remains a significant contributor to climate change. President Trump has consistently dismissed human-induced climate change as a \"hoax\" and has sought to dismantle a multitude of environmental regulations since taking office last year, many of which were designed to limit fossil fuel consumption.\n\nThe administration's actions this year have included the overturning of the EPA's 2009 Endangerment Finding, a scientific determination that greenhouse gases pose a threat to public health and welfare.",
  "summary": "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.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US set to axe climate pollution limits for power plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/us-set-to-axe-climate-pollution-limits-for-power-plants",
        "published": "2026-09-14T08:13:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "US set to axe climate pollution limits on coal, gas power plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/us-set-to-axe-climate-pollution-limits-on-coal-gas-power-plants",
        "published": "2026-09-14T08:58:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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