EPA’s final repeal of Biden-era standards for power plant carbon emissions entered White House review Thursday, ahead of a likely release in the coming months.
The Trump administration’s quest to undo the 2024 greenhouse gas standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants, which would require some plants to capture carbon, is among EPA’s top deregulatory priorities.
It comes months after EPA jettisoned a 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health — a prerequisite for regulating climate pollution under the Clean Air Act.
Interagency review of complex rules typically takes about two months, but the Trump administration has often shortened that timeline considerably. EPA said previously that it would finalize the rule this spring.
