Trump EPA drafting a rule that would undo decades of progress on limiting pollution from power plants

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The Environmental Protection Agency is drafting a proposed regulation that would end all federal limits on planet-warming pollution generated by coal and gas-fired power plants, according to documents cited by the New York Times.

The proposed rule, which the agency said would be published once it has completed interagency review, would undo decades of progress on limiting US climate pollution and could drive up energy prices if expensive coal plants remain on the grid longer as a result.

At a minimum, it is a sharp reversal from the Biden administration’s policies to lower pollution from power plants and make the air around th