About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-air-pollution-pittsburgh-clairton-coke-works?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #EPA #Environment #Pollution #Industry #Pittsburgh #Trump
@ProPublica Large swaths of the US were polluted shitholes before the Clean Air and Clean Water acts came into force. The shithole era was MAGA's good ol' days. Repealing these acts is almost certainly in the as yet unspoken #MAGA playbook.
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The photographer deserves a medal
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