EPA Set to Scrap Power Plant Carbon Limits
EPA Set to Scrap Power Plant Carbon Limits
The News
The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to formally repeal the carbon pollution standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The Trump administration plans to announce Monday that the United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution power plants emit while burning coal and gas, The New York Times reported.
The Boston Globe reported the move would complete the administration's erasure of the most consequential climate policies of former presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
The Stakes
Electricity generation is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States, according to The New York Times.
Timeline
Bloomberg News reports that the EPA is poised to formally repeal carbon standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters picks up the report the same day.
The New York Times reports the administration plans to announce the change Monday, and that the EPA shift would erase limits on climate pollution from power plants.
The announcement is expected.
Reactions
Formal reaction was limited at the time of reporting, with the news emerging Sunday through accounts from people familiar with the plan rather than a public EPA statement.
The Boston Globe framed the expected repeal as the final step in undoing the signature climate rules written under the Obama and Biden administrations — a characterization that captures how supporters and opponents alike are likely to measure the decision.
What's Next
The administration is expected to make the announcement Monday, Sept. 14.
Watch for the formal text of the repeal and the legal challenges that typically follow a rollback of a federal air rule, along with responses from states and utilities that planned around the existing standards.
More
The reporting so far rests on Bloomberg News and The New York Times, each citing people familiar with the matter. The Frank will update this story when the EPA publishes its formal action.
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