Trump moves to scrap Biden-era carbon limits on US coal & gas power plants

Trump’s latest climate rollback targets carbon emissions from US power plants The Donald Trump administration is set to scrap Biden-era limits on carbon emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, marking another major rollback of US climate policy and removing restrictions that targeted a sector responsible for nearly a quarter of the country’s greenhouse gas pollution.The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce the final rule on Monday on the sidelines of a G20 energy ministers’ meeting in Houston, according to news agency AP.EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is expected to unveil the changes as ministers discuss energy security, expanding baseload power and “regulatory efficiency”.The move would repeal rules introduced under former President Joe Biden in 2024 and could also seek to prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.What is Trump changing?The first part of the package is the repeal of Biden’s 2024 standards for greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired power plants and new gas-fired plants.Those rules required power plants to eliminate or sharply reduce carbon dioxide emissions over time, wit...