ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - WATCH: What to know as EPA announces repeal of power plant emissions limits
The agency's own data shows the power industry is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
The agency's own data shows the power industry is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
The Biden-era pollution rules were designed to “suffocate our economy in order to protect the environment” with the intent to regulate the coal industry “out of existence." Source
Zeldin told ABC News the Biden-era pollution rules were designed to “suffocate our economy in order to protect the environment” with the intent to regulate the coal industry “out of existence.”
The EPA estimates that the repeal of the rule would eliminate roughly $300 billion in energy costs.
The 64-year-old Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.
Five years after virtually every world leader agreed to “phase down” the burning of coal for climate reasons, the fuel is more widely used than ever.
Black lung is surging in coal country again, with 1 in 3 longtime Appalachian miners now affected.
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Prominent figures in the Make America Healthy Again movement are telling President Trump that "data centers should not become the justification for burning more coal." Why it matters: The appeal, in a joint letter , collides with Trump officials' support for coal to help power AI. - It cites coal's public health and environmental toll due to soot pollution, mercury, and byproducts called "coal ash" that contain heavy metals. The big picture: The letter signals an escalation of MAHA engagement on data centers and what's powering them. - It urges the administration to convene MAHA leaders, farmers, physicians and others to craft "health-first standards for AI infrastructure." - It says there are better energy options, citing solar…