US EditionTrump EPA to weaken rule limiting harmful mercury, air toxics from coal plants
The EPA rollback reverts mercury emission limits to 2012 levels, saving an estimated $670 million but risking increased toxic pollution from coal-fired power plants, critics warn.
- On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it weakened limits on mercury and other toxic emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants at a Louisville, Kentucky coal plant.
- Reverting to the 2012 MATS, the agency returns standards that cut mercury emissions by nearly 90%, following a March deregulatory push and an earlier this month climate finding revocation.
- EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi said the change will save hundreds of millions of dollars, citing $670 million in projected savings, and the rule extends deadlines and grants exemptions including Powder River Basin plants such as Laramie River and Dry Fork Station.
- Environmental and health advocates warned that toxic emissions from coal plants harm brain development in young children and increase cancer and asthma risks, the Center for American Progress said.
- Industry and administration argued the rollback preserves baseload power and grid reliability while coal still supplies roughly 16% of U.S. electricity, with effects on Wyoming unclear as President Donald Trump recently hosted coal miners.
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Trump’s latest regulatory action is terrifying * WorldNetDaily * by Audrey Streb, Daily Caller News Foundation
Source link The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday that it is repealing a Biden-era power plant regulation that the Chinese government had urged it to keep in place. The agency announced in a statement the repeal of Biden-era amendments to the power plant emissions rule commonly referred to as the Mercury and Air Toxics
EPA Repeals Biden-Era Mercury Standards for Coal-Fired Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Feb. 20 it would repeal Biden-era rules that further limited mercury and hazardous air pollutant emissions from coal-fired power plants. The rules stem from the Biden administration’s 2024 amendments to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) that would have reduced mercury emission limits for lignite-fired power plants by 70 percent. The EPA said in a statement that easing the emission …
Trump’s Latest Deregulatory Action Is Terrifying Democrats and China
by Audrey Streb at CDN - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday that it is repealing a Biden-era power plant regulation that the Chinese government had urged it to keep in place. The agency announced in a statement the repeal of Biden-era amendments to the power plant emissions rule commonly referred to as the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). … Click to read the rest HERE-> Trump’s Latest Deregulatory Action Is Terrif…
EPA scraps Biden coal restrictions as advocates say move will restore American dominance
A leading domestic energy advocacy group praised EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement that his agency would undo recent additions to the federal "mercury and air-toxics standards" (MATS) for coal-fired power plants.Zeldin said removing the restrictions allows the already "robust" MATS standards to remain in effect, ensuring both public health and the health of America’s coal industry amid a push for U.S. energy dominance."The Biden-Harris…
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