WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans to repeal the Biden administration’s climate rules for power plants.

“America is an energy superpower. Under Republican leadership, we are acting like it,” said Senator Barrasso. “The Biden administration’s outrageous climate rules would have shut down power plants and increased energy costs for families across the country. Repealing these rules will take the handcuffs off of Wyoming’s energy workers so they can unleash affordable, reliable American energy. Thanks to President Trump, the war on American energy is officially over.”

In April 2024, the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency finalized a suite of regulations targeting American power plants. The rules would have required existing coal-burning power plants, and future plants burning natural gas, to begin capturing their carbon dioxide in the 2030s.

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