The EPA’s power plant deregulation.
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What did the EPA announce about repealing power‑plant emissions rules?
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From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle.
Good morning. Good afternoon and good evening. And welcome to the Tango Podcast, the place where you get news from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of our take. I'm Tango's managing editor Ari Weitzman. Wanna congratulate you first on making it to Thursday, which means you're basically at the weekend. Before you start unwinding, we want to unwind a story of our own today, which is the knotted thread about the EPA's removal of the greenhouse gas emissions regulations just for gas and coal fired power plants. So it's getting complicated already, but stick with us and we'll untangle it for you. See what I did there. We're also gonna reach back to 1787 for a story about the signing of the Constitution.
We'll end with a feel-good story about a charitable New Yorker. Stick around for this one. I'll be right back for my take. But first, I'm gonna send it over to Will to read off the pod.
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced today its repealing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants. The move eliminates requirements that would have forced some power plants to sharply reduce their emissions, including through technologies such as carbon capture and storage. EPA administrator Lee Zeldon said the rollback will help cut red tape.
On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, announced the repeal of Biden-era emissions regulations for power plants and proposed rolling back all remaining greenhouse gas standards for the power sector.
How does the EPA justify rolling back the Biden‑era greenhouse‑gas standards?
The agency said the move will create an estimated $310 billion in savings and lower energy prices for consumers. A previous deregulation move from the EPA for vehicles is being challenged in court, and the power plant deregulation is also expected to be challenged. In twenty twenty four, the Biden administration's EPA enacted rules requiring all newly built gas powered power plants and existing coal-fired power plants, scopes to remain operational past twenty thirty nine, to capture or cut ninety percent of their smokestack emissions by twenty thirty two. At the time, it projected that the regulations would prevent one point three eight billion metric tons of carbon pollution through twenty forty seven.
Before repealing the rule, EPA administrator Lee Zeldon rescinded the endangerment finding in February, removing the agency's scientific and legal justification for federal regulation of greenhouse gases. Zeldin's Monday announcement included two deregulatory provisions. The first, which has already been finalized, reverses the Biden era regulations.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What did the EPA announce about repealing power‑plant emissions rules?
0:00–3:36
2
How does the EPA justify rolling back the Biden‑era greenhouse‑gas standards?
3:36–7:49
3
What are the main arguments from the political right supporting the deregulation?
7:49–11:38
4
How do environmental groups and the left criticize the EPA’s power‑plant rollback?
11:38–15:38
5
What legal challenges are expected against the EPA’s new deregulatory rule?
15:38–19:35
6
How might the repeal affect electricity prices and consumer savings?
19:35–22:34
7
What does the history of Clean Air Act litigation say about EPA’s authority?
22:34–25:56
8
What are the broader implications for climate policy and future regulation?
25:56–29:10
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