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EPA Repeals 2024 Power-Plant Carbon Rules, Faces Lawsuit

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC · How we work

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin repealed the 2024 power-plant carbon standards.
The agency said the rollback would save $310 billion in compliance costs.
EPA estimates the rollback adds 406 million metric tons of CO2 by 2035 and 533 million by 2040.
EPA said the 2024 standards would have prevented 1,200 premature deaths and 360,000 asthma attacks in 2035.
The Sierra Club and other groups announced they will sue, calling the move full-throated climate denial.

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin repealed the 2024 power-plant carbon standards.
The agency said the rollback would save $310 billion in compliance costs.
EPA estimates the rollback adds 406 million metric tons of CO2 by 2035 and 533 million by 2040.
EPA said the 2024 standards would have prevented 1,200 premature deaths and 360,000 asthma attacks in 2035.
The Sierra Club and other groups announced they will sue, calling the move full-throated climate denial.