EPA signals it will slash climate and pollution rules, including for cars and power plants
- The Environmental Protection Agency announced it would repeal several environmental regulations to lower costs related to cars, businesses, and home heating, according to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
- The EPA will reconsider regulations on power plants and the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which imposed significant costs on energy supply, as stated in a Wednesday press release.
- Zeldin claimed that the previous administration's focus on ideological pursuits delayed air quality improvements, emphasizing a new initiative titled 'Powering the Great American Comeback.'
- Before the Biden administration ended, there were 685 unresolved State Implementation Plans , with 140 million Americans living in nonattainment areas, the EPA reported.
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Senate bill pushes back against emission regulations
The latest push to roll back burdensome emission regulations comes out of the Senate. On Thursday, March 13, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., introduced the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act. S996 would amend the Clean Air Act to prevent the elimination of the sale of motor vehicles with internal combustion engines. Mullin said the bill would limit the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing Clean Air Act waivers for state policies …
EPA moves to further limit protections for wetlands
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to scale back protections for wetlands, aligning with a 2023 Supreme Court decision that limited federal authority over U.S. waterways.Michael Phillis reports for The Associated Press.In short:EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency will implement new, more predictable rules on which waterways the Clean Water Act covers, responding to concerns from farmers and industry groups.The Supreme Court’…


Chesapeake Bay in the crosshairs as EPA strips federal water protections
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation on Thursday condemned the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most recent sweeping deregulatory actions, calling them an existential threat to the Chesapeake Bay’s restoration and a blatant abandonment of environmental protections. The EPA’s latest moves, critics say,…
What federal environmental rollbacks could mean for Maine’s air
Proposed federal rollbacks of dozens of environmental regulations could remove or relax restrictions on coal ash and particulates, rules that have helped improve air quality in Maine, which has some of highest asthma rates and oldest residents in the nation. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that the country stands to save trillions of dollars in regulatory costs and “hidden taxes” by reviewing rules su…
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