美国环保署署长李·塞尔丁（Lee Zeldin）表示，其机构将撤销联邦政府对燃煤发电厂实施的最新“汞和空气有毒物质标准”（MATS）附加条款，国内一家主要能源倡导组织对此表示赞扬。
塞尔丁称，取消这些限制将使已“稳健”的MATS标准继续生效，确保在推动美国能源主导地位的过程中，既能保障公众健康，也能维护美国煤炭行业的健康。
“拜登-哈里斯政府的反煤炭法规试图将我们能源经济中这一至关重要的部门‘规管消灭’。若实施这些措施，将摧毁美国可靠的能源供应，”塞尔丁在肯塔基州米尔斯溪发电厂表示，并补充说，保护环境、支持产业和基荷电力并非“二元选择”。
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环保署署长李·塞尔丁参加《福克斯新闻直播》，讨论海上风电项目、天然气管道以及该机构在制定美国能源政策方面的权限争议。
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作为回应，“未来能源”（Power the Future）组织创始人丹尼尔·特纳（Daniel Turner）告诉福克斯新闻数字网，这一举措是重振美国煤炭行业的重要一步，进而为阿巴拉契亚地区及其他经济低迷的工业社区的经济注入活力。
特朗普指示军方与燃煤发电厂达成新协议：“我们会购买大量煤炭”
“自‘煤炭战争’以来，我们削弱了电网，使电价飙升，将主要产业外包给墨西哥和中国，而最严重的是，由于全球主义议程，数万名美国人陷入绝境，”特纳周五表示，并补充说，煤炭行业瘫痪的代价远不止基础设施停摆：
“奥巴马领导的残酷‘煤炭战争’摧毁了美国乡村无数城镇，使家庭陷入贫困，导致酗酒、阿片类药物成瘾、家庭暴力和自杀率急剧上升。”
“‘未来能源’组织的成立源于煤矿工人——他们是全球主义气候变化议程中被接受的‘牺牲品’，”特纳说，该组织总部位于煤炭资源丰富的弗吉尼亚州。
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“恢复美国的煤炭主导地位有利于我们的国家安全和经济，也能恢复小镇煤矿工人的尊严，他们的劳动对美国的生存至关重要。”
美国许多最贫困的县曾是富裕的煤炭社区——包括西弗吉尼亚州的麦克道尔县（McDowell）和明戈县（Mingo），以及肯塔基州的贝尔县（Bell）、莱彻县（Letcher）、麦克雷里县（McCreary）和布雷希特县（Breathitt）——副总统JD·万斯（JD Vance）的家族就来自这里。
在20世纪大部分时间里，麦克道尔县及其首府韦尔奇（Welch）曾是美国第一大产煤县，人口达10万——这一人口增长被认为刺激了后来成为美国首个停车楼的建设，该停车楼至今仍矗立在韦尔奇。
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如今，麦克道尔县约四分之一的居民生活在贫困中，中位数收入约为3万美元。
特纳在向福克斯新闻数字网发表评论时提到了这些状况，称人们必须“永远不要忘记或原谅‘煤炭战争’的推动者对美国乡村唯一重要产业的残酷攻击。”
“[反煤炭政客]乘坐私人飞机参加全球气候峰会，同时精心策划了对煤矿工人的邪恶攻击，使美国变弱、中国变强。”
特纳打趣说，任何“反煤炭活动家”都可以邀请他一起参观产煤社区，但可能会因衣服沾上灰尘、住宿达不到“四季酒店”标准而不快。
“我们需要煤炭。你现在周围的任何产品都曾被煤炭‘触及’，要降低价格、带来市场稳定并确保经济增长，我们必须主导煤炭行业，”特纳说。
肯塔基州米尔斯溪发电厂（李·塞尔丁在此宣布政策） （乔恩·切里/盖蒂图片社）
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“可悲的是，发起‘煤炭战争’的自由派精英要么太无知，要么太冷漠，根本不明白这一点。无知者可以被教育，这也是我在‘未来能源’组织努力做的事。但冷漠者必须被击败，因为他们威胁到我们的自由、财产和繁荣。我将战斗到底，直到击败所有对手，”他说道，并称赞唐纳德·特朗普总统是“历史上最伟大的煤炭总统”。
前环保署署长吉娜·麦卡锡（Gina McCarthy）对这一政策变化予以回击，告诉美联社：“通过削弱对脑损伤汞和其他污染物的污染限制及监测，他们正在积极破坏任何让美国——以及我们的孩子——健康起来的努力。”
查尔斯·克里茨（Charles Creitz）是福克斯新闻数字网记者。他于2013年加入福克斯新闻，担任作家和制作助理。克里茨报道媒体、政治和文化领域，是宾夕法尼亚州人，毕业于天普大学，获广播新闻学士学位。新闻线索可发送至 charles.creitz@fox.com。
EPA scraps Biden coal restrictions as advocates say move will restore American dominance
Power the Future founder Daniel Turner says EPA administrator’s regulatory rollback will fuel economies in depressed Appalachian communities
By Charles Creitz
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Published February 20, 2026 6:19pm EST
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A leading domestic energy advocacy group praised EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement that his agency would undo recent additions to the federal “mercury and air-toxics standards” (MATS) for coal-fired power plants.
Zeldin said removing the restrictions allows the already “robust” MATS standards to remain in effect, ensuring both public health and the health of America’s coal industry amid a push for U.S. energy dominance.
“The Biden-Harris Administration’s anti-coal regulations sought to regulate out of existence this vital sector of our energy economy. If implemented, these actions would have destroyed reliable American energy,” Zeldin said at the Mills Creek Power Plant in Kentucky, adding that protecting the environment and supporting industry and baseload power is not a “binary choice.”
In response, Power the Future founder Daniel Turner told Fox News Digital the move is a significant step toward revitalizing the American coal industry and, in turn, fueling economies in economically depressed industrial communities throughout Appalachia and beyond.
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“Since the war on coal, we have weakened our grid, driven electricity prices through the roof, outsourced major industries to Mexico and China, but most of all driven tens of thousands of Americans into ruin because of a globalist agenda,” Turner said Friday, adding that the costs of a crippled coal industry went far beyond shuttered infrastructure:
“The cruel Obama-led war on coal ruined numerous towns across rural America, drove families into poverty, caused alcoholism, opioid addiction, domestic violence, and suicide to skyrocket.”
“Power The Future started because of coal miners, the acceptable casualties in the globalist climate change agenda,” said Turner, whose group is based in coal-heavy Virginia.
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“Restoring America’s coal dominance is good for our national security and economy, and it restores the dignity of small-town coal workers whose labor is vital to America’s survival.”
Many of America’s poorest counties are in what were once very wealthy coal communities — including McDowell and Mingo counties in West Virginia and Bell, Letcher, McCreary, and Breathitt counties in Kentucky, where Vice President JD Vance’s family is from.
During much of the 20th century, McDowell County — and its seat, Welch — was the No. 1 coal-producing county in the U.S. and home to 100,000 people — a population boom some credit with spurring construction of what became the nation’s first parking deck, which is still standing today in Welch.
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Now, about one-quarter of McDowell residents live in poverty while the median income is around $30,000.
Turner alluded to those conditions in comments to Fox News Digital, saying people must “never forget or forgive the drivers of the war on coal for their cruel attacks on a vital industry found only in rural America.”
“[Anti-coal politicians] fly private jets to attend global climate summits while they orchestrated an evil attack on the coal miner making America weaker and China richer.”
Turner quipped that any “anti-coal activist” is invited to join him in visiting coal-producing communities but may be unhappy to get dirt on their clothing and find lodging not up to “Four Seasons” standards.
“We need coal. There is not one product around you right now that was not touched by coal, and to lower prices, bring market stability and ensure economic growth, we need to dominate the coal industry,” Turner said.
The Mill Creek power plant in Kentucky, where Lee Zeldin made his announcement, is seen.(Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
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“Sadly, the liberal elite who launched the war on coal are too ignorant or too indifferent to know this. The ignorant can be educated, and that’s what I try to do at Power The Future. But the indifferent must be defeated, as they are a threat to our liberty, property and prosperity. I will never stop until I defeat them all,” he said, calling President Donald Trump the “greatest coal president in history.”
Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy fired back at the policy change, telling the AP that “by weakening pollution limits and monitoring for brain-damaging mercury and other pollutants, they are actively undermining any attempt to make America — and our children — healthy.”
Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
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Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.
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