RALEIGH, NC - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) will allow coal- and oil-fired power plants to emit more damaging pollution that puts the public at greater risk of heart and lung disease, developmental delays and learning disabilities, cancer, and even premature death.
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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down tariffs implemented by Donald Trump. The Court ruled the president cannot invoke the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to enact across-the-board global tariffs.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects West Virginians, and all Americans, from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.
ATLANTA - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium. Rolling back the new and more protective Mercury and Air Toxics Standards will allow coal- and oil-fired power plants to emit more damaging pollution that puts the public at greater risk of heart and lung disease, cancer, and even premature death, as well as causing severe neurological damage to fetuses and children.
LOUISVILLE, KY. - Today, at an event here in Louisville, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced the dismantling of a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Kentuckians, and all Americans, from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency dismantled a bedrock environmental and public health standard that protects Americans from mercury and other dangerous toxic air pollutants, such as arsenic, lead, and chromium.
PHILADELPHIA — The National Park Service has reinstalled signage at Independence National Historical Park examining the legacy of slavery at the site.
MONTGOMERY, AL - A new report released today has found PFAS in nearly all of Alabama’s waterways, confirming the statewide threat of these deadly toxins.