Despite evidence linking air pollution and coronavirus deaths, the Trump administration is rolling back more environmental regulations by MattRyanPerez
published earlier this month linked areas of concentrated air pollution with higher death rates from the coronavirus.for black people are higher, especially as a majority live in cities where air pollution is higher, according to the American Community Survey., Obama took to Twitter to criticize the rolling back of fuel economy standards during a pandemic, a rare knock on the Trump administration from the former president.
All of us, especially young people, have to demand better of our government at every level and vote this fall."reported last month that global coal power plant development fell for the fourth year in a row. The coronavirus pandemic is further slowing development and leading to bankruptcies. But the regulation change wouldn't necessarily cut costs as many power plants have already invested in becoming compliant.
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