"What now? Just today, Trump’s EPA chief and former coal lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, finalized his dangerous “Poison Plan” to undermine protections from mercury, dangerous soot, and other toxic pollutants from coal and oil burning plants.
This would be atrocious in normal times, but is absolutely reprehensible in the midst of a pandemic. The protection being rolled back — the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards — has reduced particulate matter pollution, which is the type of pollution that is linked to higher COVID-19 death rates1 in communities who are continuously exposed to it.
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