Trump signs orders to allow coal-fired power plants to remain open | Trump administration | The Guardian

Move is aimed at addressing rise in power demand for datacenters, AI and EVs, but environmentalists say it is a step back…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/trump-executiver-order-coal-power-plants 

 

Trump weakens Obama-era rules on toxic wastewater from coal plants

The Trump administration is loosening rules for toxic water pollution from coal-fired power plants. Coal plants generate wastewater when they rinse the filters they use to catch pollutants from smokestacks. That wastewater is discharged into rivers and lakes and often ends up in drinking water. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/31/trump-toxic-water-pollution-wastewater

The EPA is about to change a rule cutting mercury pollution. The industry doesn’t want it - The Washington Post

The 2011 mercury rule did more to hasten the closure of coal-fired power plants than any other regulation adopted under President Obama.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/the-epa-is-about-to-change-a-rule-cutting-mercury-pollution-the-industry-doesnt-want-it/2020/02/16/8ebac4e2-4470-11ea-b503-2b077c436617_story.html