Trump Poised to Repeal Biden Curbs on Power Plant Pollution
Steam rises from a power plant in Adamsville, Alabama.
Photographer: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Trump administration will propose scrapping Biden-era climate mandates requiring the nation’s power plants to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Environmental Protection Agency is also set to advance a plan for easing limits on mercury and other toxic air pollution from the facilities, said the people, who asked not to be named because the measures aren’t yet public.