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EPA to rescind coal and gas carbon standards Monday

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  • The EPA will formally rescind carbon-pollution standards for coal and gas power plants.
  • The repeal is scheduled for Monday at the G20 energy ministers’ meeting in Houston, Texas.
  • President Donald Trump’s administration also plans to withdraw the federal finding that power-plant greenhouse gases threaten public health.
  • Biden’s 2024 rules would have cut U.S. power-sector emissions by 1 billion metric tons by 2047.