- The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back dozens of climate change restrictions on industrial power plants.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the regulations “unfairly targeted coal-fired power plants.”
- Neighbors say they’re concerned about their health and the future of their neighborhood.
The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back dozens of climate change restrictions, including one that could impact Omaha Public Power District’s coal-fired plant in North Omaha. Neighbors say they’re concerned about their health and the future of their neighborhood.
Watch Hannah’s story:
Voices from North Omaha: Residents speak out on coal-fired power plant and EPA climate change cuts
The EPA ended a 20 billion dollar grant, issued by the Biden Administration to help reduce climate change and Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal, that he plans to roll back rules on industrial pollution…saying the ones made under Biden “unfairly targeted coal-fired power plants.”
Like the North Omaha Power station. Joe Higgins was born and raised in North Omaha..he says air quality is a big concern…