{"id":599,"date":"2025-06-11T21:38:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/audiomateria.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2025-06-12T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:01:14","slug":"trumps-team-takes-aim-at-a-major-climate-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/audiomateria.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/trumps-team-takes-aim-at-a-major-climate-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s team takes aim at a major climate rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A\u00a0coal-fired power plant emits plumes of smoke from multiple towers; in the foreground are houses and a truck.\" data-caption=\"A home in front of the John E. Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, West Virginia, in February 2022. | Dane Rhys\/Bloomberg via Getty Images\" data-portal-copyright=\"Dane Rhys\/Bloomberg via Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/audiomateria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/gettyimages-1238502367-scaled.jpg\"><figcaption>A home in front of the John E. Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, West Virginia, in February 2022. | Dane Rhys\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>This story appeared in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-logoff-newsletter-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Logoff<\/a>, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/pages\/logoff-newsletter-trump-administration-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>Welcome to The Logoff:&nbsp;<\/strong>The Trump administration is attacking Biden-era policies aimed at limiting air and climate pollution from power plants, part of a broader bid to stimulate the fossil fuel industry at the expense of the environment \u2014 and the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>What\u2019s the latest?&nbsp;<\/strong>The head of President Donald Trump\u2019s Environmental Protection Agency today said the agency would begin the (lengthy) process of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/06\/10\/epa-to-repeal-climate-rule-power-plants-wednesday-00398136\">repealing a pair of environmental regulations<\/a> on coal and natural-gas power plants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>What do the rules do?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The first regulated power plants\u2019 carbon emissions, which drive climate change. The administration did not propose a replacement rule, meaning the proposal, CNN reports, would \u201ceffectively\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/11\/climate\/trump-epa-repeal-power-plant-pollution\">leave carbon emissions from US power plants unregulated<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The second tightened regulations on mercury and other toxins that, above certain levels, are hazardous for human health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>What\u2019s next?&nbsp;<\/strong>The administration is required to go through a formal process for changing rules, including a public comment period. More significantly, environmental groups are certain to sue to block the rule changes, arguing they violate the nation\u2019s environmental laws and don\u2019t follow the best available science. That means the rules\u2019 fates are likely to be decided by the courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><strong>What\u2019s the big picture?&nbsp;<\/strong>Scientists warn that human-driven climate change is already making the planet less hospitable to human life and that \u2014 absent major corrective action \u2014 it will continue to do so at an accelerating rate. The Trump administration is instead taking action to make the problem worse.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-none\">And with that, it\u2019s time to log off\u2026<\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">There\u2019s no particularly compelling reason to share these amazing photographs of birds today, but we shouldn\u2019t need a special reason to take time to appreciate the world we\u2019ve been gifted. So, to that end, here are last year\u2019s winners of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audubon.org\/magazine\/2024-audubon-photography-awards-winners-and-honorable-mentions\">the Audubon Photography Awards<\/a>. Thanks so much for reading, have a great night, and I\u2019ll see you back here tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A home in front of the John E. Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, West Virginia, in February 2022. | Dane Rhys\/Bloomberg via Getty Images This story appeared in&nbsp;The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life.&nbsp;Subscribe here. 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