Shelley Moore Capito, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee | Official U.S. Senate headshot
Shelley Moore Capito, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee | Official U.S. Senate headshot
Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito commended the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for initiating steps to deregulate certain Biden-era rules. The changes include adjustments to the Clean Power Plan 2.0, which Capito argues negatively affect American energy production and states such as West Virginia.
Senator Capito, who serves as Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, stated: "The action taken by the Trump EPA today is exactly what needs to be done to secure American energy dominance and restore the communities who have been negatively impacted by regulations and overreach from the Biden administration." She emphasized her longstanding concerns about regulations like the Clean Power Plan 2.0, expressing a need for urgency in halting such rules.
She further added that today's action marks the beginning of efforts to reverse "the most harmful, anti-energy regulations of the past four years" that she believes have affected electric reliability. Senator Capito advocates for continued investment in baseload power generation using coal and natural gas while also supporting an all-encompassing energy approach including nuclear and carbon capture technology.
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