In a nation long wrestling with the tension between industrial vitality and environmental stewardship, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to repeal carbon emission standards for coal and gas-fired power plants — unwinding regulatory frameworks that had shaped how utilities operate and invest across the country. The action signals a deliberate recalibration of federal environmental priorities, removing a nationwide floor on greenhouse gas emissions from one of the country's largest polluting sectors. What unfolds next will test whether market forces, state policies, and global pressu