- The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to repeal greenhouse gas emission limits for coal- and gas-fired power plants, dismantling major climate policies.
- The agency will argue that greenhouse gases from power plants do not endanger public health or the environment, aiming to strip future administrations of regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is set to announce the decision in Houston during a meeting with Group of 20 energy ministers.
- The action rescinds 2024 rules that required coal plants to capture carbon emissions and gas plants to burn cleaner fuels like hydrogen.
- The Trump administration justified the rollbacks as a way to meet growing electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence data centers.
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