Trump’s EPA Takes Aim at Biden Curbs on Power Plant Pollution
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President Donald Trump’s environmental chief moved to revise Biden-era climate mandates curbing greenhouse gas pollution from the nation’s power plants.
The move represents one of the most consequential yet by the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, as the White House moves to ease regulations on domestic energy development and electricity production. The development was fully expected; the president vowed to “terminate” the measure while on the campaign trail. Yet the relative speed of Zeldin’s announcement, less than two months into Trump’s second term, underscores the priority the new administration is placing on the issue.