The US Environmental Protection Agency has moved to dismantle key Biden‑era climate regulations, arguing the previous administration “exceeded the agency’s authority” when setting strict emissions standards for power plants. In a statement, the EPA said the rules relied on “control technologies that are not adequately demonstrated,” effectively forcing plants to shut down rather than comply with achievable standards.
The agency is also seeking to eliminate all other greenhouse‑gas rules for the power secto, a sweeping rollback that will now enter a period of public scrutiny. The proposal was introduced last year by EPA chief Lee Zeldin, who said the new approach would “ensure affordable and reliable energy supplies” while lowering costs for transportation, heating, farming, manufacturing and strengthening national security.
The Biden‑era regulations had aimed for major cuts in carbon emissions from power plants, vehicles and industrial facilities, with federal estimates suggesting the measures could prevent 4,500 premature deaths each year. But on Monday, the EPA dismissed those projections, saying any potential public‑health harms were “too uncertain, conjectural, remote, and convoluted” to link directly to the US power sector.
Zeldin told reporters that safeguards against hazardous air pollutants would remain in place “to safeguard human health,” even as the agency moves to unwind the previous administration’s climate framework.
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