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14 September 2026 ko Houston me EPA ne 2024 ke fossil fuel power plants wale carbon standards ko repeal final kiya aur baaki bache GHG limits hatane ka proposal rakha.
14 September 2026 ko US EPA ne Biden-era ke 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards ko final repeal kar diya — matlab fossil fuel power plants par laga main climate pollution limit ab khatam hai jo US ka second-largest GHG source hai.
Houston me G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial par EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin ne announcement kiya aur isko war on coal khatam aur sasti energy bachane ka step bataya. EPA ka claim hai final repeal se $310 billion bachega, aur baaki bache hue saare GHG standards ko bhi hatane ka proposal hai.
Yeh rollback isliye bada hai kyunki power sector US ke total greenhouse gas ka lagbhag 25 percent emit karta hai, transport ke baad dusre number par hai. Original 2024 rule ke estimates ke hisaab se 2035 tak har saal 1,200 premature deaths aur 360,000 asthma attacks roke ja sakte the.
Sierra Club aur Environmental Law and Policy Center jaise groups ne court me challenge karne ka bola hai, aur warning di hai ki AI data centers ke liye naye gas plants ko push karna plus pollution limits hatana public health par double attack hai.
Timeline
Power plants par federal carbon cap kaise laga aur phir kaise hata.
- May 2024 — Biden EPA ne Carbon Pollution Standards final kiye.
- 14 September 2026 — Houston G20 par EPA ne repeal final kiya.
- Next — Sierra Club aur ELPC court me challenge karenge.
Yeh kyun matter karta hai
Power plants US me sabse bade stationary climate pollution source hain. Federal limits hi backstop the. Inhe hatane se load courts aur states par gaya, health benefits risk me hain.
Kyun matter karta hai
Power plants par ab federal carbon limit nahi, $310B saving ka claim hai par 1,200 lives a year ka health benefit khatre me hai.
Daily Life
General Public
Health benefits khatre me hai kyunki EPA ne wo limits hata diye jo 2035 tak 1,200 deaths rokne wale the.
Money
Energy Sector
Power plant owners ka $310B bachega final repeal se, aur extra $370M agar broader rescission final hua.
Work
Energy Sector
Fossil fuel aur data-center wale gas projects ko rasta khula, clean energy aur court cases ka kaam badhega.
Seedhi baat
US ke second sabse bade climate polluter se carbon cap hat gaya.
EPA ne Houston me power-plant carbon limits scrap kiye, $310B saving ka claim — 1,200 lives a year ka health gain daav par.
Verified sources (7)
Trump throws out power plant climate pollution rules
↗EPA Finalizes Repeal of 2024 Power Plant Regulations
↗Partial Repeal of the Carbon Pollution Standards (FRL-12674-02-OAR)
↗Trump administration removes power plant pollution limits
↗A Double-Barrel Threat to Public Health
↗EPA ends greenhouse gas limits for power plants
↗EPA scraps power plant emissions limits
↗Claims and linked sources
9 claimsOn September 14, 2026, the US EPA finalized the repeal of most of the Biden-era 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants.
The EPA also proposed rescinding all remaining greenhouse gas emission standards for the power sector, arguing it lacks Clean Air Act Section 111 authority.
The EPA projects the finalized repeal will save $310 billion, and the additional proposed rescissions would save a further $370 million.
The EPA proposed changes will be open for 45 days of public comment and will face legal challenges from Sierra Club and ELPC.
The power sector accounts for about a quarter of US greenhouse gas emissions, surpassed only by transportation.
Federal estimates found the original 2024 rule would have prevented up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital visits, and 360,000 asthma attacks a year by 2035.
The EPA announced the rollback at the G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial in Houston on September 14, 2026.
The rollback follows the Trump administration's earlier reversal of the 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding for vehicles.
Texas leads the US in power-plant carbon emissions, emitting more than 193 million metric tons of CO2 in 2025.
Log kya keh rahe hain
Signal-only · not reporting“For over 15 years, the Obama and Biden administrations implemented a war on coal to destroy reliable and affordable energy.”
“The Sierra Club will fight back against this reckless and dangerous proposal with everything we have in the courts.”
“This is a potential landmark assault on public health in America.”