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EPA repeals Biden-era carbon rule for power plants, extending coal's life

Lee Zeldin's EPA has scrapped the 2024 rule that pushed utilities to retire coal plants or capture their emissions, undoing the last major Biden climate regulation.

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What to know

  • EPA is eliminating all federal limits on carbon emissions from the electricity sector, repealing the Biden-era 2024 rule.
  • The rule had given utilities a choice: retire coal plants in the 2030s or install carbon capture technology to cut emissions.
  • Coal accounts for nearly half of cumulative global carbon emissions since the industrial era, more than oil or gas per unit of energy.
  • The repeal uses the same rationale as an earlier EPA rollback of vehicle emissions rules: disputing climate science certainty and citing consumer cost savings.

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EPA repeals Biden-era carbon rule for power plants, extending coal's life
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    Mother Jones republishes repeal story via Climate Desk

    Mother Jones ran the Grist reporting on the repeal as part of its Climate Desk collaboration, widening circulation of the story two days after the initial announcement.

    “For over 15 years, the Obama and Biden administrations implemented a war on coal to destroy reliable and affordable energy.”
    — Lee Zeldin, EPA Administrator · source
    • motherjones.com

      The EPA's repeal of Biden-era federal carbon emissions regulations further delays the phaseout of the dirtiest power source in human history: coal.

      motherjones.comBluesky6d ago94▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    Economist warns repeal removes key decarbonization signal — Yale environmental economist Kenneth Gillingham, who helped draft the original Clean Power Plan, said regulatory whiplash between administrations undercuts the purpose of emissions targets for guiding corporate investment decisions.

  3. background

    Zeldin defends repeal as ending a 'war on coal' — At an international energy summit in Texas, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin justified the repeal by accusing the Obama and Biden administrations of undermining reliable and affordable energy, and said the move would unleash American energy.

  4. background

    EPA announces repeal of Biden's power plant carbon rule — The EPA said it plans to wipe away all federal regulations on carbon emissions from the electricity sector, eliminating the Biden-era 2024 rule that let utilities choose between retiring coal plants in the 2030s or installing carbon capture equipment.

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