According to people familiar with the matter, the US Environmental Protection Agency will officially abolish carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants as early as Monday. People familiar with the matter said that the Trump administration's latest major climate policy pullback measure is expected to be announced during the G20 energy ministers meeting to be held in Houston; since relevant details have not yet been disclosed, these people requested anonymity. Earlier this year, the US EPA removed similar climate standards for motor vehicles, as well as the 2009 hazard determination conclusion — a landmark ruling that found greenhouse gases a threat to human health. People familiar with the matter said that during Trump's administration, the US Environmental Protection Agency first proposed repealing climate regulations for power plants last summer. This week, the agency will finalize part of the original proposal to remove the mandatory requirements of the Biden era. The requirement stipulates that current and future fossil fuel power plants in the US must deploy specific emission reduction technologies such as carbon capture and storage to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades. EPA officials are also planning to propose a separate rule to repeal the federal conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions from power plants alone pose a threat. This is equivalent to abolishing another hazard determination specific to power plants under the Clean Air Act.

According to people familiar with the matter, the US Environmental Protection Agency will officially abolish carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants as early as Monday. People familiar with the matter said that the Trump administration's latest major climate policy pullback measure is expected to be announced during the G20 energy ministers meeting to be held in Houston; since relevant details have not yet been disclosed, these people requested anonymity. Earlier this year, the US EPA removed similar climate standards for motor vehicles, as well as the 2009 hazard determination conclusion — a landmark ruling that found greenhouse gases a threat to human health. People familiar with the matter said that during Trump's administration, the US Environmental Protection Agency first proposed repealing climate regulations for power plants last summer. This week, the agency will finalize part of the original proposal to remove the mandatory requirements of the Biden era. The requirement stipulates that current and future fossil fuel power plants in the US must deploy specific emission reduction technologies such as carbon capture and storage to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next few decades. EPA officials are also planning to propose a separate rule to repeal the federal conclusion that greenhouse gas emissions from power plants alone pose a threat. This is equivalent to abolishing another hazard determination specific to power plants under the Clean Air Act.