US repeals rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions by power plants
Summary
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Donald Trump is canceling rules that limited pollution from coal and gas power plants. The EPA says this will lower costs and help build energy projects, but some groups warn it could harm health and the environment.Key Facts
- The EPA is removing rules that limited greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the changes will reduce government regulations to help build energy infrastructure.
- The EPA estimates the rule changes will save power plants more than $300 billion in costs.
- A new rule could block future governments from regulating power plant emissions again.
- Environmental groups say the changes will harm public health and worsen climate change effects like heatwaves and wildfires.
- The EPA has rolled back several environmental protections since President Trump’s 2025 return to office.
- President Trump has called climate change a “con job” and withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Paris climate agreement for the second time.
- The decision was announced during a G20 energy meeting in Houston, highlighting the importance of U.S. energy production.
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