Trump administration poised to repeal carbon standards for coal, gas power plants

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Sept 14, according to people familiar with the matter.

The latest major climate rollback by US President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to come on the sidelines of a Group of 20 energy ministers’ meeting in Houston, Texas, said the people, who asked not to be named because the details are not yet public.

Earlier in 2026, the EPA rescinded similar climate standards for vehicles and the 2009 endangerment finding, a landmark ruling which held that greenhouse gases threaten human health.

Under Trump, the EPA first proposed rolling back the power plant climate rules last summer.

This week, the agency is finalising a piece of the initial proposal – scrapping mandates from former US president Joe Biden’s era that required existing and future US fossil fuel-fired power plants to deploy specific emissions-reduction technologies, according to the people.

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