EPA Sets Stage For Court Fight After Taking Buzzsaw To Biden-Era Climate Rule– dailycaller.com
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repealed greenhouse gas regulations for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants Monday, setting up another likely legal fight over the federal government’s authority to regulate the power sector under the Clean Air Act.
The rollback would eliminate more than $300 billion in costs for the energy industry and allow utilities to make decisions based on the needs of their ratepayers rather than potentially shuttering aging power plants, according to the EPA. The repeal reverses Biden-era regulations requiring existing coal plants and certain new natural gas plants to capture 90% of their carbon emissions by 2032 if they planned to continue operating past 2039.
“America should be producing more affordable, reliable energy, not forcing power plants and taxpayers to spend billions capturing and burying CO₂,” Jason Isaac, founder and CEO of the American Energy Institute, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
TODAY: EPA is set to eliminate needless CO₂ regulations that pushed power plants toward costly carbon capture, raising rates for Americans.
TOMORROW: The @txrrc is set to approve a massive carbon capture project positioned to collect billions in Biden-era Green New Scam tax…
— Fmr. Rep. Jason Isaac (@ISAACforEnergy) September 14, 2026
