US EPA is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for coal and gas power plants, according to reporting from The Straits Times. The move would remove Biden-era requirements that fossil fuel plants install carbon capture or close by 2039. It would also repeal a separate endangerment finding for power plant greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Power plants are the largest industrial source of US greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to the world's sixth-largest emitter. Reversing the standards shifts the burden to state rules and market forces. For anyone tracking carbon policy, the key detail is whether the endangerment finding repeal survives legal challenge and what it means for future EPA rulemaking.
