In a sweeping reversal of Biden-era environmental policy, the US Environmental Protection Agency has eliminated emissions limits on coal and gas power plants, framing the decision as a path to cheaper energy and greater national security. The power sector, responsible for roughly a quarter of American greenhouse gas emissions, had been subject to rules estimated to prevent 4,500 premature deaths each year — protections the current EPA now dismisses as legally overreaching and economically burdensome. The move reflects a deeper tension in democratic societies between the immediate costs of regu
US scraps coal and gas power plant emission limits, EPA says move will save billions
Estimated 4,500 preventable premature deaths annually that would have been avoided under the Biden-era regulations being repealed.