What specific carbon pollution standards for power plants is the EPA repealing, and what technology mandates do they eliminate?

The EPA is repealing Biden-era mandates that required existing and future U.S. fossil fuel-fired power plants to deploy specific emissions-reduction technologies—including carbon capture and storage—to sharply cut greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades; this repeal eliminates the requirement that the nation’s current fleet of coal plants capture most of their carbon emissions by 2039 or close.

What broader legal action is the EPA taking alongside repealing the power plant carbon standards?

Alongside repealing the carbon standards, the EPA plans to propose a separate rule repealing the federal finding that greenhouse gases from power plants specifically pose a threat—effectively rescinding a power-plant-specific endangerment finding under the Clean Air Act, following its earlier rescission of the 2009 economy-wide endangerment finding.

EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants

Sep 13, 2026

The US EPA is expected to rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants, repealing Biden-era mandates requiring emissions-reduction technologies like carbon capture as part of a major climate rollback.

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US EPA poised to repeal carbon standards for gas, coal power plants, Bloomberg News reports

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