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Trump administration plans to end greenhouse gas limits on power plants

The Washington Post · last updated

The Environmental Protection Agency is drafting a plan to end federal limits on greenhouse gases generated from coal- and gas-fired power plants, a spokesperson confirmed Saturday, part of a sweeping effort by President Donald Trump to undo Biden-era environmental regulations.

In an email to The Washington Post, an EPA spokesperson said the new plan would build on a 2022 Supreme Court decision in which the conservative majority upended President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate agenda by ruling that the EPA can’t force utilities to shutter coal plants and switch to renewable energy generation. The plan would overturn rules unveiled in the final year of the Biden administration that sought to limit planet-warming emissions from U.S. power plants, which conservatives argue contravened the 2022 ruling.

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