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EPA proposes rollback on rules limiting carbon and air pollution from fossil fuel power plants
The proposed rollback of emissions regulations is part of the Trump administration's efforts to repeal rules that aim to address climate change.
Zeldin also announced that the agency will move to repeal updated limits to the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards rule, which restricts the amount of pollutants that can be emitted by coal and natural gas-fired power plants. "The EPA is hoisting the white flag of surrender on the power plant pollution that's poisoning the air we breathe and harming our climate," said Manish Bapna in a statement, president and CEO of the Natural Resources Defense Council. "If EPA proceeds with repealing these life-saving standards based on a legal theory that doesn't pass the laugh test, our lawyers are ready to defend the public's right to breathe in court," Meredith Hankins, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement.
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