EPA to Roll Back Biden-Era Power Plant Emissions Rule

Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin follows through on March pledge with formal announcement that Trump administration will roll back ‘greenhouse gas’ regulations.

Smoke emerges from a stack at the coal-fired Brandon Shores Power Plant in Baltimore on March 9, 2018. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on June 11 that the Trump administration will seek to relax “Clean Power Plant” greenhouse gas and mercury emission regulations imposed under the Biden and Obama administrations.

“Today is a historic day at the EPA,” he said during a 55-minute press conference at the agency’s Washington offices. “Today, EPA is taking an important step, reclaiming sanity and sound policy, illustrating that we can both protect the environment and grow the economy.”