US scraps limits on emissions from coal and gas power plants

The US Environmental Protection Agency has removed emissions limits on coal and gas power plants and moved to constrain future administrations from reinstating such regulation. This reduces compliance costs for US fossil fuel generators and weakens the regulatory case for emissions controls, potentially lowering the bar for coal and gas investment and export capacity. For African markets, it may ease near-term energy import costs but complicates alignment with EU and other carbon border measures, and could slow capital flows into African renewables if US policy signals weaker global decarbonisation momentum.