Trump Administration To Scrap Carbon Emmission Limits From Power Plants
The Trump administration is moving to repeal 2024 Biden-era carbon emission limits for power plants and is proposing a broader rule to limit the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gases. The move comes amid record-breaking global temperatures.
Why it matters
This represents a significant shift in US environmental policy that could have long-term implications for global climate change mitigation efforts.
President Donald Trump's administration is expected Monday to scrap limits on carbon emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, the source of nearly a quarter of the country's climate pollution.The changes would both roll back rules introduced by former president Joe Biden's administration in 2024 which required coal and gas power plants to eliminate nearly all their carbon emissions -- and go further, by proposing to prevent future regulations.August was the hottest month ever recorded around the world, while the United States just experienced its hottest summer.
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