Climate Pollution Loopholes: Trump's Latest End Run Around Regulation The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to eliminate remaining standards on greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, a move that escalates President Donald Trump's efforts to promote fossil fuels at the expense of the environment.
On its surface, this decision appears to be just another salvo in the administration's war on regulation, but it reveals a more insidious pattern: the systematic dismantling of safeguards against climate change.
The US has made significant strides in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, driven by changes in the energy mix, with coal fired power plants giving way to cleaner burning natural gas and renewables.