- Trump administration declines to stiffen US clean air standards: EPA chief Wheeler says current soot regulations are adequate despite research that shows stricter rules could save thousands of lives https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/14/trump-epa-soot-pollution-clean-air-standards 4 comments politics
- Billionaires Over Life on Earth: Trump EPA Guts Vast Array of Environmental Protections | "The Trump administration is trying to roll back decades of critical health and safety regulations that have saved millions of lives and are all that's standing between us and runaway climate change.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/epa-regulatory-rollback 16 comments climate
- US air pollution control devices saved up to 9,100 lives and up to $100 billion in health costs in 2023. Any future policies that strip the EPA of its current regulatory authority would also exacerbate racial inequities in health and likely curtail other climate policies at all levels of government https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2024/curbing-air-pollution-control-devices-would-cost-thousands-of-lives-and-billions-of-dollars/ 12 comments science