An analysis of EPA data found U.S. power plant pollution rose in 2025, with sulfur dioxide emissions up 18%, nitrogen oxide up 7%, and carbon dioxide up 4%. The Natural Resources Defense Council ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. power plant pollution rose last year, according to a green group’s analysis of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data.

The standards were created in 2012 and strengthened in 2024 by former President Joe Biden. The Trump administration is returning to the looser 2012 restrictions.

The agency is expected to soon finalize the repeal, which was proposed before the Trump administration's elimination of the 2009 endangerment finding.

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U.S. power plant pollution rose last year, according to a green group’s analysis of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data. Emissions of sulfur dioxide increased by 18 percent in 2025, according ...