Trump EPA rolls back power-plant pollution limits

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The Trump-era EPA is rolling back Biden-era limits on carbon dioxide and other pollutants from fossil-fuel power plants, arguing deregulation will improve grid reliability and lower costs; critics warn of higher pollution and health harms, and past AP analyses suggested the rules could have saved tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars annually if kept in place.
- EPA is set to eliminate rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants AP News
- E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants The New York Times
- EPA plans to scrap Biden-era rules that limit power-plant climate emissions washingtonpost.com
- EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants Bloomberg.com
- EPA to eliminate limits on climate pollution from power plants cbsnews.com
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