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  "id": 7412213,
  "title": "EPA repeals limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/epa-repeals-limits-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-power-plants",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T22:35:56.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/epa-repeals-limits-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-power-plants"
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  "summary": "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repealed rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants. According to the EPA, this move will remove over $300 billion in costs for the industry, as reported by Mongabay. The repealed rules would have required power plants to sharply reduce their emissions, potentially through technologies such as carbon capture and storage.\n\nThe reversal of these emission limits could have significant effects on efforts to address climate change, with Scientific American suggesting it could be devastating. The rule change represents a shift from efforts by Democratic Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama to address climate change and clean up industrial pollution.\n\nThe EPA stated that the change will allow utilities to make the best decisions for their ratepayers rather than being forced to close aging or inefficient plants, as reported by Mongabay. The rule change is expected to face immediate legal challenges and may prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, according to CityNews.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "EPA is set to eliminate rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/epa-is-set-to-eliminate-rule-that-limits-planet-warming-greenhouse",
        "published": "2026-09-14T13:46:48.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Trump EPA is to eliminate rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-epa-is-to-eliminate-rule-that-limits-planet-warming-greenhouse",
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        "title": "EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants",
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        "published": "2026-09-14T17:41:13.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Scientific American",
        "title": "Trump EPA to repeal emissions regulations of fossil-fuel power plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trump-epa-to-repeal-emissions-regulations-of-fossil-fuel-power-plants",
        "published": "2026-09-14T20:00:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Trump's EPA repeals pollution limits on fossil fuel power plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/trumps-epa-repeals-pollution-limits-on-fossil-fuel-power-plants",
        "published": "2026-09-14T20:34:28.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC Science",
        "title": "US scraps limits on emissions from coal and gas power plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/us-scraps-limits-on-emissions-from-coal-and-gas-power-plants",
        "published": "2026-09-14T20:52:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "US Scraps Limits On Carbon Emissions From Coal, Gas-Fired Power Plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/us-scraps-limits-on-carbon-emissions-from-coal-gas-fired-power-plants",
        "published": "2026-09-14T21:11:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US repeals rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions by power plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/us-repeals-rules-limiting-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-power-plants",
        "published": "2026-09-14T21:36:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "EPA repeals limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/epa-repeals-limits-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-power-plants",
        "published": "2026-09-14T22:35:56.000Z"
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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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