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Trump’s EPA will reexamine an Obama-era pollution rule on mercury emissions

Sep 1, 2018

In another potential rollback of an Obama-era environmental regulation, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is rethinking rules that restrict emissions of mercury, as well as other pollutants, according to ...

EPA admits its own plan to roll back regulations could lead to 1,600 deaths

West Side Story

Aug 22, 2018

Policy, Science

A report from the Environmental Protection Agency acknowledges that its own plan to roll back regulations on greenhouse gas emissions will cause up to 1,630 premature deaths by 2030, as a result of heart and lu...

EPA to repeal Obama-era rules limiting power plant emissions

West Side Story

Oct 9, 2017

Environment, Policy, Science

President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce plans to eliminate Obama-era restrictions on emissions of greenhouse gases from coal power plants. The move would roll-back a central pi...

Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan has day in court, supporters optimistic

West Side Story

Sep 29, 2016

Environment, Policy, Science

In February of this year, the US Supreme Court halted President Obama’s centerpiece Clean Power Plan, until a legal challenge from 27 states, utility companies, and business groups could be heard by the courts....

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