"President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot and greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help keep some of the nation's dirtiest plants operational.
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday said it planned to revisit soot standards and greenhouse gas limits imposed by former President Joe Biden. The move is part of a broad deregulatory push meant to boost industries from coal to manufacturing, and ramp up the nation's oil and minerals production.
Soot particles can wreak havoc on human health because they are small enough to penetrate the bloodstream and brain, while the U.S. power industry is the source of around a quarter of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
The plan aligns with Trump's January 20 executive orders that directed the EPA to review measures affecting energy reliability and declared a national energy emergency to enhance government powers to boost fossil fuel and electricity production and distribution.
Biden's EPA had said it believed the tougher 2024 soot standard was reasonable because 91% of existing coal plants were already meeting it."
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