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New EPA Rollback of Coal Pollution Regulations Takes Major Step Forward

"Andrew Wheeler, the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on Monday signed a plan to weaken regulation of coal-fired power plants, advancing a proposal that the coal industry has hailed as an end to burdensome regulation and environmentalists have criticized as a retreat in the battle to address climate change."

Source: NY Times, 08/21/2018

Trump Keeps Trying To Kill Agency That Probes Chemical Plant Disasters

"On a warm morning in April, workers at a Wisconsin oil refinery were conducting a routine shutdown for maintenance. Suddenly, a gasoline cracking unit exploded, and the workers watched in horror as a huge fireball ripped through the plant. They ran for their lives, barely escaping the blast."

Source: Reveal, 08/20/2018

As Trump Dismantles Air Rules, an Industry Lawyer Delivers for Ex-Clients

"As a corporate lawyer, William L. Wehrum worked for the better part of a decade to weaken air pollution rules by fighting the Environmental Protection Agency in court on behalf of chemical manufacturers, refineries, oil drillers and coal-burning power plants. Now, Mr. Wehrum is about to deliver one of the biggest victories yet for his industry clients — this time from inside the Trump administration as the government’s top air pollution official."

Source: NY Times, 08/20/2018

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