Trump Administration Weakens Coal Waste Rules in Latest Environmental Rollback

Trump Administration Weakens Coal Waste Rules in Latest Environmental Rollback

vor 5 Jahren
This week, the EPA finalized its plan to ease federal rules governing the disposal of contaminated waste from coal-fired power plants. The rollback is the latest in a long series of Trump administration actions that have weakened or nullified major Oba...
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vor 5 Jahren
This week, the EPA finalized its plan to ease federal rules
governing the disposal of contaminated waste from coal-fired power
plants. The rollback is the latest in a long series of Trump
administration actions that have weakened or nullified major
Obama-era environmental initiatives that tightened vehicle
emissions standards, protected federal lands from fossil fuel
drilling and set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets. We’ll
talk about Trump’s environmental record and its impact.
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