"AP Fact Check: Trump Didn’t Set Records On Clean Air in US"

"WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is getting his facts wrong when it comes to clean air in the U.S.

In remarks Wednesday with Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, he insisted the U.S. has the “cleanest air in the world” and is “setting records environmentally.” That’s not the case. The Obama administration set the records for clean air in 2016, and air quality under Trump has worsened since then."

Hope Yen and Seth Borenstein report for the Associated Press June 5, 2019.

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Source: AP, 06/06/2019