WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Washington (September 14, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and a co-chair of the Senate Environmental Justice Caucus, today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its repeal of the 2024 greenhouse gas emission standards for existing coal-fired and new natural gas-fired power plants and announced that it no longer plans to regulate greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, a major driver of climate change.
"By rejecting the EPA's responsibility to regulate climate change caused by greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, Trump and Zeldin ...