Trump EPA Proposes Voiding Wastewater Limits for Coal Plants

An earth mover pushes coal into piles at a coal-fired electrical generation plant in Castle Dale, Utah.

Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg

The Trump administration is formally proposing to roll back wastewater limits for coal-fired power plants.

On Thursday afternoon, the Environmental Protection Agency said it wants to replace strict Biden-era caps on wastewater released by coal-fired power plants with new ones that give companies flexibility to set their own limits.