U.S. EPA Scraps Greenhouse-Gas Limits for Power Plants
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has repealed federal regulations limiting planet-warming greenhouse-gas emissions from coal- and natural-gas-fired power plants. The Trump administration says the rollback will reduce industry compliance costs, while environmental groups warn it could significantly increase U.S. carbon emissions.
Power generation is a major source of U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions. Removing federal limits represents a substantial reversal of American climate policy and could affect progress toward international emissions goals while influencing investment decisions across the energy sector.
Environmental organizations and several states are expected to challenge the policy in court. The EPA has also proposed measures that could make it harder for future administrations to restore federal regulation of power-sector climate pollution.
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