Trump's EPA Reportedly Poised to Axe Carbon Pollution Rules for Power Plants
Advocates and experts describe the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks as gifts to polluters at expense of planet
TL;DR
- The EPA is reportedly poised to repeal carbon pollution standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants.
- The move is expected to be announced soon, possibly on the sidelines of the G20 energy ministers’ meeting in Houston, Texas.
- Environmental groups, like the Sierra Club, have condemned the expected repeal and vow to fight it legally and politically.
- The Trump administration is also planning to propose a separate rule repealing the federal finding that greenhouse gases from power plants pose a threat.
- Biden's carbon emission rules, which this repeal would undo, were projected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 billion metric tons by 2047.
- The electricity sector accounts for nearly a quarter of US greenhouse gas pollution.