The Environmental Protection Agency is removing rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power plants.
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Letters from an AmericanSep 15, 2026
Multiple tier1 and primary sources (AP, Reuters, EPA fact sheet, Federal Register, Harvard EELP) confirm that on September 14, 2026, the EPA finalized repeal of most 2024 greenhouse gas standards for coal- and gas-fired power plants, which is before the claim's 2026-09-15 date, so the claim held as of that date.
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… These are dumb, dumb. These are idiots. These are horrible people. And then the coup de grace of all of it, this week, they announced the following. All right, what are we going to do? People are suffering. We're struggling. What are you going to do? BREAKING news: The EPA is eliminating a rule that limits planet warming pollution from coal and gas fired power plants. Got it. So you're just going to, you're just gonna kill us earlier. Understood. I guess that's the plan, that we all, we all just live to die right away in your dystopian, hellish nightmare, cause you're all miserable people. …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. EPA announced on September 14, 2026 that it is repealing the Biden-era limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, as reported by AP and Reuters.[1][2]
Supports. The EPA's primary fact sheet and the Harvard EELP tracker confirm the EPA finalized the partial repeal of the 2024 Carbon Pollution Standards for fossil fuel-fired electric generating units on September 14, 2026.[3][4]
Supports. BBC and LA Times report the EPA is scrapping most climate rules for coal and gas power plants and proposing to remove all remaining greenhouse gas requirements for the sector.[6][7]
Context. The Federal Register final rule is dated September 17, 2026 and takes effect November 16, 2026; the repeal is also being challenged legally, which does not alter the claim's status on the posting date.[5][6]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 primary, 1 tier 1, 1 not rated
- 1EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plantsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2US EPA repeals carbon emission limits for power plants at ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Final Carbon Pollution Standards Repeal & Proposed ...epa.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4EPA Finalized Power Plant GHG Rule Repeal and Proposed ...eelp.law.harvard.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 179 (Thursday ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 6US scraps limits on emissions from coal and gas power ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 7EPA scraps power plant emissions limits in sweeping rollbacklatimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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