Energy and Climate

Greenhouse gas limits for power plants

5 public statements from 2026 candidates

§1The range of views

Why this matters: These limits affect how much the country adds to climate change, what electricity costs and whether older plants keep running.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

Federal limits on the carbon dioxide that coal- and natural gas-fired power plants can release; in September 2026 the EPA finalized a repeal of most of the 2024 limits, taking effect in November, kept efficiency standards for new gas plants, and proposed repealing the rest.1

  1. Limits that would require many coal and new gas plants to capture most of their carbon
  2. Limits that plants can meet with efficiency upgrades
  3. No federal limits on greenhouse gases from power plants

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

No federal limits on greenhouse gases from power plants (1)

  • Gary Palmer AL-6
    His campaign website says he introduced the Stopping EPA Overreach Act to bar the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.2

Statements that don't match one option (4)

  • Moshe Y. Landman MD-6
    His campaign website says the United States should phase out all fossil fuel power plants and move to an energy system based 100% on clean renewable sources.3
  • Nancy Wallace MD-8
    Her campaign website says the United States should set a goal of 100% renewable energy by 2020 and begin turning off coal plants as soon as possible.4
  • LaVeta Davenport MI-1
    The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for stopping greenhouse gas emissions both from internal-combustion engines and from power plants that burn the same fuels to charge electric vehicles.5
  • Deborah K. Ross NC-2
    Her campaign climate page says Congress should take up again a House-passed proposal from an earlier version of the Inflation Reduction Act that would use rewards and penalties to push utilities to cut their emissions.6