2026-09-14T14:38:21.939Z / 路透社
作者：瓦莱丽·沃尔科维奇
2026年9月14日 下午2:38 UTC 更新于2分钟前
华盛顿，9月14日（路透社）——美国环境保护署将于周一公布最终规则，废除拜登政府针对燃煤和燃气电厂的碳排放限制。这是该机构撤销美国气候政策整体计划的关键一环，美方称这些政策阻碍了能源生产。
此次公告将在休斯敦举行的G20能源部长会议间隙发布，全球各国官员届时将讨论能源安全、扩大基荷电力供应以及“监管效率”。
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去年6月，唐纳德·特朗普政府发布提案，要求废除前总统乔·拜登任内制定的、旨在遏制电厂二氧化碳、汞及其他空气污染物排放的规则。
拜登政府的电厂碳排放规则原本可在2047年前减少10亿公吨温室气体排放，是其应对气候变化行动的关键组成部分。
电力行业贡献了美国近四分之一的温室气体污染。
时任美国环保署署长李·泽尔丁当时表示，此举每年可为企业节省1.2亿美元。 广告 · 滚动继续阅读
环保团体强烈反对该提案，称其造成的环境和公共健康损失将远超这一数字。
“否认本国四分之一的气候污染存在，完全是不计后果的行为。这将导致更多人因热浪、极端风暴和毁灭性野火丧生或受苦，就像我们今年夏天所见的那样，”生物多样性中心气候法律研究所律师玛吉·库尔特周一说道。
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EPA to undo carbon emission limits for power plants at G20 meeting
2026-09-14T14:38:21.939Z / Reuters
By Valerie Volcovici
September 14, 2026 2:38 PM UTC Updated 2 mins ago
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WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday will announce its final rule that repeals the Biden administration’s carbon emission limits on coal- and gas-fired power plants, a key part of its broader efforts to unwind U.S. climate policy that it says has hindered energy production.
The announcement will be made on the sidelines of a gathering of G20 energy ministers in Houston, where the global officials will discuss energy security, expanding baseload power and “regulatory efficiency.”
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Last June, President Donald Trump’s administration issued its proposal to repeal rules written under former President Joe Biden to curb emissions of carbon dioxide, mercury and other air pollutants from power plants.
Biden’s carbon emission rules for power plants would have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1 billion metric tons by 2047, a crucial part of his administration’s fight against climate change.
The electricity sector is responsible for nearly a quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution.
At that time, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the move would save companies $120 million a year.
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Environmental groups slammed the proposal, saying it would cost more than that in damage to the environment and public health.
“Denying the existence of a quarter of the country’s climate pollution is utterly reckless. It will lead to more lost lives and suffering from intense heatwaves, drastic storms and destructive wildfires, just like those we’ve seen this summer,” said Maggie Coulter, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute, on Monday.
Reporting by Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Andrea Ricci
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